This is an analysis of the poem Thou That Know'st For Whom I Mourn that begins with:
THOU that know'st for whom I mourn,
And why these tears appear, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdececafafggggdhdhciciejekililmemejakadldlananccXcececakak
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 111101 11011101 010111 11001101 110111 11101111 010100 11111111 010111 11110101 111101 11010001 110111 01011101 0110101 111111001 110001 11111101 010111 11111101 010101 01111111 010101 11111101 010101 11110111 111111 11110111 100101 110011101 110100 11110111 1110010 110010101 0111010 11011111 011111 11010111 110101 11110001 110101 10110100 1101101 11010101 0100010 11011101 1101010 01011111 111101 11011001 110101 11111101 1111000 11011110 1101110 11111111 1011010 11001101 1111010 11111101 1111110 11110011 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2078
- Average number of words per stanza: 374
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; had is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, a, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Thou That Know'st For Whom I Mourn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Henry Vaughan
- Analysis of Vanity Of Spirit
- Analysis of The Incarnation, And Passion
- Analysis of The Dwelling-Place
