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

Light, my light, the world-filling light,
the eye-kissing light, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa XXX aa bX bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11101101 01101 11001 101101101010011 01111001011 0110011110101001 010111110101 1011001110100101 0101000111001110 101010010 110101110 1100110 010101101 10101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; light, my, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines light is repeated).

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

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