This is an analysis of the poem Eighteen Hundred And Sixty-Four that begins with:
I HEAR no footfall beating through the dark,
A lonely gust is loitering at the pane;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh ijiX jcjc bjbj fcfc ikik lklk ifif ididXdhdh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111110101 01010100101 1011011101 0101110101 1110111101 0101010111 1111010101 0101010101 1101011101 1111110101 1101100101 01101101 0111010101 1101011111 1110110101 1111110101 1101010111 0001110111 1101011111 0111010100 1111011101 0101110111 1111010101 1111000101 1101011101 0101001101 0101110101 0111010101 1101011101 0101011101 1111000101 1111000100 1111001101 1101111111 1111010101 11011111111 1111110101 1111011001 1111010101 01010110101 1101000111 1101010111 1010010101 1101010101 1111010101 0101010101 1111010101 1101011101 11110100101 0101110101 1101000111 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 52
- 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:
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, we, i are repeated.
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- summary of Eighteen Hundred And Sixty-Four;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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