This is an analysis of the poem The Bliss Of My Lord's Closeness that begins with:

The bliss of my lord's closeness lasted as long as the night.
Then it vanished, my lord's bliss, when my arch enemy-the Sun did rise....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXXXAB XacAB XcXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011101011101 10101111111000101 1010010000011011 1010111 01001101011111 01011101011101 10101111111000101 001001111110 11111011110010 0110100100101010100 01011101011101 10101111111000101 1110010100111 11110101101 010100010110110100010 01011101011101 10101111111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, in, as, of are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Bliss Of My Lord's Closeness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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