This is an analysis of the poem Death Wishes that begins with:
Oh! might I pass as the evening ray
Melts in the deep’ning twilight away;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbccddeeffgghhcccciieeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110101 100101101 101101111 0101100100 111110101 1100100101 1101100101 100111001 111110101 100100101 110011101 11100000101 1111101010 1101001010 1101000101 10111000101 11111101 110010111 110101111 11100100101 111101011 11001001001 1101010010 101101101010 111111110010 1111011110 10110110100 1011011011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1142
- Average number of words per stanza: 220
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; nor is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
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- summary of Death Wishes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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