This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written At Night that begins with:
Oh, thou surpassing beauty! that dost live
Shrined in yon silent stream of glorious light!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccdefXbfageXdXXbgXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010111 100110101001 1001001101 11010100110 111111001110 1011010101 1011011001 10100111010 11010100101 11001101101 11011011010 11001100101 1101110101 1111011101 1101011111 100010010001 110010101010 11100011101 0100010101 1101011101 1101010101 10111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 994
- Average number of words per stanza: 173
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; no, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, that are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hail connects the lines.
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- summary of Lines Written At Night;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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