This is an analysis of the poem Wait For The Morning that begins with:
Wait for the morning:--It will come, indeed,
As surely as the night hath given need.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: AAbbccdd aaXXeeAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101000101 1101011101 0101110111 1111010101 1100110111 0101001111 1101011101 01010100101 1101011101 1111010101 10110011001 1001010100 1101011101 0100010111 1101000101 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
The author used the same word wait at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Wait For The Morning;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by James Whitcomb Riley
- Analysis of The Good, Old-Fashioned People
- Analysis of The Best Is Good Enough
- Analysis of The Brook-Song
