This is an analysis of the poem To Contemplation that begins with:
Faint gleams the evening radiance thro' the sky,
The sober twilight dimly darkens round;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caaacdd efeefcc gcgcaX hfhccfhhff fiifjjff ddhhbb bbaakkbbhheeff llaaff ccmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,7,6,10,8,6,14,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010100101 0101110101 0111001111 1011010101 1011011101 10110111001 01110101 1010101 1101010101 110000110010 11110100010 11011110101 11010101 1111010101 101101 1101001 11010101001 11001010001 1011010101 1101010111 1101010101 10001010001 11001111111 1111001010100 1111010101 0101110101 11010101 100101001 10001010101 1100110101 110111 1100111001 111100101 100111011101 110101101 1101010101 0101010111 1100010011 11010101 1101010111 101101 110101010101 10110111010 010101110010 100010101 10110101010 110010101 011100101 11010101 11010101 1010111 1011111 0010101 1010101 1110111 1010101 11010101 10100101 1110101 1010101 1011101 11010101 110010111 11100101 11010101 11110101 11011011 11010011 11010101001 0100011101 11010010101 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word light at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of To Contemplation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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