This is an analysis of the poem O Evening Star that begins with:
O evening star, have pity for my breast is torn with grief;'
Hold back the flood! it gushes forth in tears from my eyes....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXcXccXcabadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101110101 1101010101011 010101011111011011 111011011001011010010 101011011111011110 11111011100101011 11100101111011 11111110111111 111111101101101 1111101111111000100 1101111011110111 110111011111100011001 1110011111110101 1111110011010101 1111010101110101 11110011111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1121
- Average number of words per stanza: 216
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, me, i, not, of, have, in, has are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of O Evening Star;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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