This is an analysis of the poem The Forlorn that begins with:
The night is dark, the stinging sleet,
Swept by the bitter gusts of air,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gfgf bhbh ijij aaaa hihi didi ffff ahah iaia bhbh Xkkk ldld ahah fhfhXcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01111101 10111111 110101001 11110101 11110111 10011101 11010111 01011101 01111111 01100111 11110101 11010101 01110101 11010101 11010111 11001101 11010101 110111010 10110001 1100001010 11011111 01110101 11011101 011101001 11010101 10110111 10010011 11110101 01011111 10000101 10010111 11000101 11111101 11110111 110101001 11000101 11010101 10010101 11100111 11000101 10010111 01010001 111111001 10110001 11010101 01010111 11110111 11010101 11010100 010100101 11011101 01010111 01010111 11110101 11010111 01110101 11010111 01010110 11001101 01010111 11001100 01010111 01010101 00010101 11100101 10011101 11001101 01010100
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words old, a are repeated.
The author used the same words the, old at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Forlorn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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