This is an analysis of the poem Advent that begins with:
We have tested and tasted too much, lover-
Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXcbX ddXddXe ddddXecXfefeaa Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,14,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101110 10111110110 110011101 10111101001 0100110100 001110101 010111111 101011010011 1111011001010 1000110101 1001001000010010 01110011111 11100110101 1011111101101 1101011110110 101001111110 11000101000010 100110101110 1110011011 1101010101 01011101010 110111111 1111111010 0101101001010 11001101010 11100011011010 01010101010 11100101010 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Advent;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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