This is an analysis of the poem Darkness that begins with:
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefgchXcigbcfXgXcXhcjhggkfjhhgXgggehhhdXjXgjhfggjgglmgcbkbdakXgflgkcficfhXmeegc X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 82,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111101 0111010101 01010000101 1011010101 11110000101 1111111111 1101110001 0011010111 0100010111 110111001010 010001101 0100001111 0111010001 1101011101 0111001101 1001110101 0001011101 0101110101 1001110110110 1111010101 0100011111 0101100101 1101011111 0101010111 1111111101 110111111 1101001111 11001010111 011001011 0100111101 0101010101 11011110111 1101010101 11110101010 1111001101 1101010101 101100111 1111010111 0101010111 0111110001 1001011111 1111111111 010010100101 0101011101 1111010111 011010010 10101110111 1111000111 01111100111 1101010101 1111011111 10010101001 10110011001 1101000111 01110010111 0101010001 1101001101 0101001101 1101010101 1101010111 110010111001 0101011101 1101011101 11010011101 1110110110 1101111111 10011001001 0101110111 1011010111 010010100101 10010101010 0101010011 0101110111 1101011101 1100110101 1111111111 1110010101 0101010011 0111010101 0101000101 1011010111 0100110101 0010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1808
- Average number of words per stanza: 325
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, their, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Darkness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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