This is an analysis of the poem A November Vigil that begins with:
I wonder why my love for him
Should grow so much these last three days,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab a cac de de fgf g hbhb ibib j fjf ae ae kbk b eiei flfl k hmh ab ab XcX c ikik eiei k fkf ni Xi jkj k abab dfdf l klk ji ji kom o idid kpkp f kfk me ke hni n fifi khmh k fkf ei ei lil Xi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 11111111 11111011 10010001 11011111 11011111 01110101 01110101 11111011 11011101 11111110 10110101 11011101 01110111 11010111 11010101 10010111 00010101 01110111 10111101 01111010 01111101 01010111 10110001 11011011 01011111 11010101 01100101 11111101 11010101 1011111 11110101 11110111 1101101 01011111 11111101 110101001 11111101 01110101 10011011 10011111 11011101 11110011 11010101 11111101 01111111 01010100 11010101 11010111 11110111 01111101 010100101 01110100 01111101 01010111 11010111 11111111 01001101 11111101 11110011 01110101 11010111 10110011 11110001 11110001 11101111 01111101 01010111 11111111 11110111 11010101 11110101 11110101 00110111 11110101 11010111 11010001 11111011 01110101 11001100 01011101 01110101 11111101 11111101 11110111 11111101 11110101 11111101 011101001 11010101 110011111 11010101 10110111 01010111 11011100 11011101 01111101 11110101 11011101 11000011 11110101 11011111 11111111 1011011 11111101 11111101 10111101 01010111 11111100 11111111 01110101 11111111 01110101 01100111 11111111 11011111 11010101 01111101 10010111 11010001 01110111 01110101 01010100 11010111 11000111 11110101 11011101 11110001 11010101 10010111 11010101 01110101 01110111 11010110 01111001 100101001
- Amount of stanzas: 55
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 163
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, i, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, for, the, that, with are repeated.
The author used the same words for, the, around at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of A November Vigil;
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