This is an analysis of the poem Benediction that begins with:
NOW the rooftree of the midnight spreading,
Buds in citron, green, and blue: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XbXB abaB abXbXabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011001110 1010111 0010101010 111 1010101010 1011101 1011101010 111 0010101110 10101001 1010101110 111 1010101010 1111111 10100001010 101 10100101110 1010101 00100101010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; is repeated.
The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Benediction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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