This is an analysis of the poem Haunting Forevermore that begins with:
How should I know?
I am not the one to try for treason! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XA bXcd A bcefe A cbddX eXXfe gggX A fffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,1,5,1,5,5,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1110101110 10111010100 011101010 11100111 01111 1110101110 111101010100 11101 111011111001 00110111 101011011111 1110101110 11111110010 01101011 10111001 001 1011110 001111001 011 1010101000 01111011001 100101010101 10 10 10 1000 1110101110 101100 111011011 11 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, to, you, haunting are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word haunting is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines haunting is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase haunting connects the lines.
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- summary of Haunting Forevermore;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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