This is an analysis of the poem Premonition that begins with:
DEAR heart, good-night!
Nay, list awhile that sweet voice singing...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaXAcacaXAdXdaaAcacaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 110111110 1010111 10101101010 110011 110111 1101 011001110 1011111 10111101110 110101 110101 1101 111101011 1110010 10101011011 111111 111101 1101 111111010 1111101 10111101010 111101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 825
- Average number of words per stanza: 159
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines night is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Premonition;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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