This is an analysis of the poem The Candle that begins with:
By my bed, on a little round table
The Grandmother placed a candle.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcddedeacfXXbabfgghcXfXXdXffhbhfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010110 01101010 111110101101 1 11101111101 111100110111 11110111101 11010 10010101001101 0110111101110 1 11101 01111101101 011110111101 1011010111 0110101 11101011111 10 011011100100 110 01011001110010 11 101011010 11111111 11001111 11101110101 10110111001 011001 111111101 11101001 111011001 1100101011001 001001010 11101 01110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1325
- Average number of words per stanza: 249
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Candle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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