This is an analysis of the poem Be Still, Be Still, O Moon, Do Not Make The Dawn Yet that begins with:
Be still, be still, O moon, do not make the dawn yet,
The life of my life has come to my home! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcXAB cXAB XddAB dXXXXAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010111111011 0101111011 00101001001010 1110111011 010111111011 0101111011 010101111111111101001 101111010101001 010111111011 0101111011 010101110101000110 11101010101101 10010111 010111111011 0101111011 0100110101 0110110100 11001110 001011000101 1101000110 010111111011 0101111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; of, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word home at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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