This is an analysis of the poem My Light Thou Art that begins with:

My light thou art, without thy glorious sight
My eyes are darkened with eternal night;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbbXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110111001 1111000101 1111111111 1111110011 1111011111 1111011011 1111011101 1101011111 0111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, thou, art, if are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, thou are repeated.

    The author used the same word thou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of My Light Thou Art;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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