After A Lecture On Moore by Oliver Wendell Holmes: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem After A Lecture On Moore that begins with:

SHINE soft, ye trembling tears of light
That strew the mourning skies;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab abab bcbc dede fbfb ghgh aeaX iciX gXgg bdbd jbjb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111100101 110101 10010101 010101 11010011 010111 01010101 111101 1100111110 010111 111111110 1010101 11011101 1100111 11011111 101101 110011111 111101 111100111 010101 00010101 1111010 111010001 1101110 11110011 111111 111101001 011100 01110111 010101 11010101 1101110 111100101 0111010 111101001 010101 110101001 110111 011101001 110111 110100101 010110 11011101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, thy are repeated.

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

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