This is an analysis of the poem Samson that begins with:
Plunged in night, I sit alone
Eyeless on this dungeon stone, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcc ddee aaXX fGhh iiff bbff jjaa kkhh cchh jjcc llbb ccii aahh jjbb kkmm ccdd fGhh ccaa lljj nncc kXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 1010101 1010101 1011111 1110111 1010101 1011101 1010111 1110111 0010101 1001101 10110101 10010111 1110111 1110101 0010111 1010111 1110100 1110111 1010101 1110111 1110101 1110101 0010001 1110111 1110011 1010101 1110111 1111101 00001001 1010001 1011101 1110101 0111111 1010101 0010111 1110011 10001011 1010101 1111011 1110111 1100101 10111001 11000001 1111111 1110111 1011111 1010101 0010111 1110101 1111101 1110111 1111101 1011101 1111111 1010101 10110111 1111101 1110111 0110111 0110101 1110111 1110111 1010011 1011111 1011001 1010101 10001000 1011111 1110100 1110111 0110111 1010111 1011101 1010101 1011101 1110011 10100101 1011111 1011011 11111110 11101110 1110101 1010101 1111101 1100101 1111111 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, my are repeated.
The author used the same word give at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Samson;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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