This is an analysis of the poem The Barrier that begins with:
The Midnight wooed the Morning Star,
And prayed her: "Love come nearer; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXbX cXcX cdcX aXad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 11010110 11010101 01111100 01011101 1111010 101011011 11111100 101011101 0101010 11110101 010101000 11110101 0101010 10101011101 11010100 11010101 0111000 11110101 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Barrier;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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