This is an analysis of the poem In The Firelight that begins with:
The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there is stillness everywhere,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddX beebfggf hddhcffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010101 11010101 11110111 0100111001 11011111 01010101 11000101 1101111010 11101101 11110011 11110100 11000111 11111101 11011101 11011100 11011101 111100111 11010111 11110101 11010101 11011111 11110001 11001101 1101111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, my, oh, for, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, oh are repeated.
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- summary of In The Firelight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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