The Painter Dreaming In The Scholar’s House by Howard Nemerov: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Painter Dreaming In The Scholar’s House that begins with:

in memory of the painters Paul Klee
and Paul Terence Feeley...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 128
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; i, it, light, and, in, of, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i, visible are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word i at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Painter Dreaming In The Scholar’s House;
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  • idea of the verse;
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