This is an analysis of the poem Early Darkness that begins with:
How can you say
earth should give me joy? Each thing...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX aababcX aXccd eXeda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1111111 1011011001 0101 111100101 111011 101101100 110101 111111010 0110010 110010 1111011 111010110 110001 10001001 11101 100111110 1111000111110 101101 0110101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, me, because are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, not are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Early Darkness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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