This is an analysis of the poem The Widow that begins with:
Cold was the night wind, drifting fast the snows fell,
Wide were the downs and shelterless and naked,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbb cbbX XdAe AXFc bcFdXbefb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101011 10011100110 101100101010 10111 10011100100 11011101010 11110111010 11110 11001110010100 10010101011100 100110101110 11110 101111111011 101110111010 101011111010 100110 101011111010 1010101110100 11010110010 110100 10111101010 1101010010111 11010110010 11010 11010111110 110100111010 100100100010 11100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, her, once, had, i, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, pity, once, i, on are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Widow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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