This is an analysis of the poem At Noon--And Midnight that begins with:
Far in the night, and yet no rest for him! The pillow next his own
The wife's sweet face in slumber pressed--yet he awake--alone!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabcc dXdXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001111111010101 01110101110101 01 01110111110001 01 01111111010001 1011011111011111 110101111101010 1 110011110111011 1 11101111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, he are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines alone is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase alone connects the lines.
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- summary of At Noon--And Midnight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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