This is an analysis of the poem Quatrains that begins with:
S. H.
With beams December planets dart... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc a ccdd X ee X fcgc g hiii b jdbd b cece b bhhh b fifi g bbkk g bbcX X clcl X chch g hmhX ia cccc g ccdd b hnhn k bbbc g jbjb X opop X mmhh X eded q llcc j pdpX X fcfc X qXrr X jljl X bhch X cmjm e hXeXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,2,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 01010101 01111101 01100101 010001001 01 1101111101 0101010101 11001101011101 10111111100110 110 1111010101 11001101101 1 1001010 100101 1101110 1010101 100 11111 011101 101110 011111 10 10110010 1110101 1110001110 10101001 10 10010001 1011101 11010101 11010101 10 0101001 010101 11010100 010101 100 110111 110010001 1100101 1101001 100 1100010111 0101000100 11011011001 101101011 100 11010001 01011101 11011111 11010100 10 01111101 0111001 01011101 111111 010 01001001 0100111 01010111 110001 0100 100100101 11001101 1100100101 1100101 100 001 1011111 101011101 111101101 01011001 10 11011101111101 11110101100001 11011101110111 110001010010111 1 01010101 00010111 11010101 110111 101 11110101 10011111 10010111 01010111 10 1010101 10100111 1000111 10110111 1000 11110111 110111 11010111 111101 1011 1011010101 0111010101 1011110101 1100111101 100 11111001 1100101 1110111 01000001 1 11010101 11011111 11011111 11110101 101 11101101 11010101 11100001 11011101 100 1110101 0110111 001011101 010101 010 1001001001 11001011011 1011001101 111100011 10 111101 110101 100011101 11011 10 01001100 010101 110001001 010101 1001 11011001 1100101001 01111101 101101 110 1110010101 1111011111 1011010011 11010100110 1011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 60
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 179
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; and, his, over, you, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words every, and, love are repeated.
The author used the same word love at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Quatrains;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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