This is an analysis of the poem Melancholia that begins with:

SILENTLY without my window,
Tapping gently at the pane,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabaccaccccddXbbdbeefaaXaccfggggddhiigigghiibiccfjjajcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001110 1010101 101 101101 10101 1011111 11101 10011110 0010101 011 1110101 10101 1010101 11111 10101110 1110101 101 101101 10101 1011101 10111 10111110 1010001 111 101101 11101 1010111 11111 11111010 1111101 111 001111 11111 0100101 11111 11100010 1010111 101 111111 11101 1010101 10011 10101110 1000101 101 10111 111001 10011101 11101 10101010 1111101 101 101101 11111 1110101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1495
  • Average number of words per stanza: 270
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, still are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Melancholia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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