This is an analysis of the poem The Onset that begins with:
ALWAYS the same, when on a fated night
At last the gathered snow lets down as white...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddd cceeffggffhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101110101 1101011111 1100111001 0111011101 0101010101 1111010111 1111010101 1101011101 0111100101 0101010101 1101110010 1101000111 1111011101 0110110111 0111100111 1100110111 0101010101 1111011111 0100010101 1101111101 1111010101 1000111101 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
- Average number of words per stanza: 92
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Onset;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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