This is an analysis of the poem The Knight Of St. John that begins with:
Ere down yon blue Carpathian hills
The sun shall sink again,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX cdcd efef gXXd eeee gbgb XcXc hfhf igig jkjk caca ebeb Xded XeaX lele ececXkbkb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001 011101 11011101 110111 11011111 110111 01100101 011110 11011101 1101111 110001111 011101 11010111 110101 100100111 010111 11101101 111110 110101010 010111 10010011 110101 01011101 010101 11010101 1111001 11100101 1101101 1101010 111101 0101110 010011 11011101 111111 11000111 010101 01010111 111101 01010101 110101 010100011 011101 11000111 011100 11011101 110110 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 011111 11011101 110101 11010011 111101 11010111 110111 11010011 111101 01010111 110111 11010111 010101 110010101 111101 11011101 0100101 11010100 111011 11111001 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; vain, and, of, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words farewell, i've are repeated.
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- summary of The Knight Of St. John;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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