This is an analysis of the poem The Midnight Lamp that begins with:
From window, curtainless and high,
There gleamed a sickly, yellow light;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbbbbb dedebfbf ghghibibiaiaacXc jkjkififibibhkak XbXbblblmbmbfafa ibibdfdfffffgbgbXddddecec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,16,16,16,25,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010011 11010101 110100101 11110101 110010101 10010101 101101001 01010111 01010101 11111111 101111011 11100101 110101001 01010101 11010101 01111101 11010101 11010111 11110101 11010101 11111101 01010001 10011101 01110101 11110101 11010111 10011111 11110101 11111101 11010101 00110110 01010001 11110101 11111111 11011111 11111101 11011101 110000101 01010111 11110111 11011101 11111111 11010111 01010001 11111111 11011111 11111111 11011101 11101101 010101001 11010111 10011111 10010001 010100111 11010101 11010101 10011001 11111101 11010101 01111111 11111101 11111111 11110101 11010101 11111111 11010001 10010101 11100101 11011111 01110101 011100101 01110101 01010101 11011101 01011111 11111101 11111101 11110001 01010100 11111001 11111111 11011101 01111101 11110101 101100101 01010101 01011101 011000100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, and, i, they, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hair is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Midnight Lamp;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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