This is an analysis of the poem Midnight that begins with:
Speak to me, aching heart: what
Ridiculous errand are you inventing for yourself...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXccbXXddaeXXaXaXXXae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011011 01001011010110 1000101 01101000111 0110100011 010011011101 01 0101100111 01101110 010010010111 010100101011 10 100010010 100 000110101 01101100 1111000101 011010100 0100100101 110110010 0110101011 01110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 785
- Average number of words per stanza: 140
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Midnight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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