This is an analysis of the poem Evangeline: Preface that begins with:
THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXba abccbXXbX abaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010010010011010 1001101010010011 11100101011010 1110101111110 100101001110010 11010100010010010 00010010111011010 11011110011010010 100111001010010 111101110110011 10111011010110010 1111011010010010 101111101010010 10110011100110010 11010010010010011 11010010111011010 1101001011010010 10010010111010010 10010101010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 419
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and, of, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words stand, ye, list are repeated.
The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Evangeline: Preface;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Analysis of By The Fireside : The Singers
- Analysis of A Dutch Picture. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
- Analysis of Evangeline: Part The First. I.
