This is an analysis of the poem Medjnoon In His Solitude that begins with:
My ev'ry thought and wish was thine;
Alas! thou know'st too well—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XbXb cdcd efef ghghXhaha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 011111 01111111 110111 11111100 110111 11111101 111111 01110111 011100 11010111 110111 11010101 010101 01011111 111001 11110101 0101101 11010101 110001 10110101 111101 11111101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; that is repeated.
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- summary of Medjnoon In His Solitude;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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