Under The Balcony by Oscar Wilde: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Under The Balcony that begins with:

O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!
O moon with the brows of gold!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaccbAB CDceedCD FCfbbcFC GEghheGE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100101 1100101 1111001001 1111101 1010111 10101101 1100100101 1100101 1111101001 1100111 101000101 1111111 001101011 001001001 1111101001 1100111 1100100111 1111101 111101111 11100101 0101101 00101111 1100100111 1111101 11011001001 1100101 111111101 101101001 101001001 001011101 11011001001 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; on is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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