This is an analysis of the poem The Epiphany that begins with:
Star of the East, how sweet art Thou,
Seen in life's early morning sky,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fdfd ghgh dcdc icbc aeae jijb jbjb hfhf cjcj dfdf kikb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10011111 10110101 11011101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11101101 10010111 11010101 10011101 11110111 11110101 11000101 110011111 110001101 11010101 11000111 11010101 10110100 011101001 11110011 11111111 01010101 10110101 110100100 11001101 010100101 11110101 01010101 01011101 110111001 11110101 11111111 101110100 011111001 11110101 01011111 110101001 01111111 11111101 110100101 11110111 110001101 11111101 11010101 010101001 01010101 110000101 01010111 11010101 11110111 11011101 11111111 11110100 11010111 10111101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 56
- 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; our, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, who are repeated.
The author used the same word what 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 The Epiphany;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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