This is an analysis of the poem Thirty-Nine that begins with:
O hapless day! O wretched day!
I hoped you'd pass me by--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabXbc bdbdeXec dfdfgcgc dcdcfXfc hchcicic aaaajcjcXjejeacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 111111 01001101 110111 110101101 100110 11110111 111101 10110111 010101 10110011 010011 11001101 1000100 11011101 10101 11010111 111111 11011101 011101 11011101 1111001 11010101 011101 11110101 110111 11110100 110101 01110111 101010 11110101 010101 11010111 110111 11111101 010111 11110101 1100110 01110011 011101 11010101 111100 10111101 110111 11110101 100101 11011011 111101 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 11011101 111001 11110111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word nine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Thirty-Nine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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