This is an analysis of the poem There Is An Hour, A Pensive Hour that begins with:
THERE is an hour, a pensive hour;
(And oh! how dear its soothing pow'r!)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbXXcc ccaadddd eeffggdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011001010 11110101 00111101 11010101 11010101 11010101 110011101 11110101 10010101 01011101 000111010 1101011010 11110111 010101001 11010101 10010111 10010101 01010101 01010111 11010101 001100101 01010001 11010101 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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