This is an analysis of the poem The Engine that begins with:
Into the gloom of the deep, dark night,
With panting breath and a startled scream; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 000100111 010110101 11010101 10100111 10101101 1111101 1110100111 011011111 100111010 1001110110 1111001010 101001110 011011101 01011111 110010101 110100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of The Engine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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