This is an analysis of the poem My Birthday that begins with:
Beneath the moonlight and the snow
Lies dead my latest year;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gfgf fhfh idid gjgj dfdf klkl gbXb kjkj gmgm cfXf nbnb kbkbXcfcf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 111101 01011101 010011 11100101 100101 01110101 101101 01111001 011101 01000101 100101 11000100 011111 11110101 110101 01010111 101101 11010111 011111 00110101 110101 11000101 110101 110101101 110111 11110101 111101 11010100 111111 11011111 010101 11010101 010001 11110001 100101 10010101 110011 110101100 010111 01110101 110001 11110101 110101 10110100 010101 11010101 010001 11010100 111111 11010100 001101 111101001 110101 11010001 110101 10011101 010101 11010101 110101 011011001 011111 11110111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, as, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, as, how are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of My Birthday;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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