This is an analysis of the poem At Twilight that begins with:
Heart of my heart! canst thou hear? canst thou hear?
Awake! it is June; and the violets peer... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bb b ccc d dd eee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,1,3,1,2,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1011111111 01001101001 101101101011 01001001111 001101101111 11111001101 11011011101 11101001101 101111101111 11111001011 101101011000 101111001011 101001101111 101001101101 01001101101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; it, to, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of At Twilight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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