This is an analysis of the poem Philomela that begins with:
Hark! ah, the nightingale--
The tawny-throated!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd Xedd adceXdf bXbeefgXXbgaXeXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100 01010 1011110101 110111 110000101 1101000101 1100010101 11100110111 100101 110101 001111 101101 111101 011111 0111 110101 1101110101 00101000101 110101 011111 0111111101 111110 11111101 110001001 1111110111 0111101100 1101011001 101100 1101110101 01110 01010 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, hark, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words still, and, eternal are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word pain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Philomela;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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