This is an analysis of the poem It's My Beloved Over There At Midnight that begins with:

It's my beloved over there at midnight,
Playing his mellifluous flute!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAXXAA XXXXAA XaXXAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010101111 1001001 1010101011 001010100 01010101111 1001001 010010101 1111100 11110101100 1011111 01010101111 1001001 101101 11001001001101110 10101001 11001101010 01010101111 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word flute at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
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