This is an analysis of the poem Malady that begins with:
I MOVE:
perhaps I have wakened; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabc d aXef ghcd iiXfeXf f gf c c eghbXcecXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,4,4,7,1,2,1,1,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 0111100 0001 0001 1101 10 1101 010111 11101 11 0110 11010 10 11110010100 1100011 1001000 1110111 11 110101 10011 01011 1 10111 1100011111 1 111001 1011 101 11110010 110011 111110010 101111 1011 11011 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; down, me, light, there are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, i, light, there are repeated.
The author used the same word light at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, light are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words me, light at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases down, me, light connect the lines.
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- summary of Malady;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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