This is an analysis of the poem The Voice that begins with:
As the kindling glances,
Queen-like and clear,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbabXX XcXcbcdd effeeeddgXhhigiXffebbeded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,25,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 1111 101110 00101 101010 00101 101101100100 1011 101010 1011 11011 10101 1010111 11011 110101110101 1011 11111 001110 1010100010010 01110101001 0101010101 1011010100 11101101 001101 11001100 11001100 1101010001 011101 1100011101 11000010100 101101 011101 11011101 1101011111 1111100111 010011 1101010010 11110 1111010111 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, so, those are repeated.
The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Voice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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