This is an analysis of the poem Amateurs Of Heaven that begins with:

Two lovers to a midnight meadow came
High in the hills, to lie there hand and hand...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXX ccdacX bebfcf dbeXeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1100011111 1001011111 1100111101 0101011001 010010100100 11011100010 10101111001 1111010101 1101010001 11010100101 1101110101 01010011010 1101011001 1111011101 1001011011 0101110101 0101110100 1101110001 110010110 110101111 11010011101 110101001100 0101011101 0100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, things are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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  • summary of Amateurs Of Heaven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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