This is an analysis of the poem Melancholy that begins with:
The blue soul has mutely closed,
In the open window the brown forest sinks,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b X X X a b X X a XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01111001 00101001101 010011000010 011101011100 01010001001 1010010010111 010101100010101 0100111101 010101011 101111111 111000111 10010010111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 44
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Melancholy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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