This is an analysis of the poem The Aurora Borealis that begins with:
Now have I grown a sharpness and an edge
Unto my future nights, and I will cut...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111010111 1011011101 1101011101 11001011101 1101011101 1010010101 0111000101 1100111101 001100101010 1100010001 100100100010 1100111101 0101110101 110101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
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- summary of The Aurora Borealis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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