This is an analysis of the poem My Thoughts To-Night that begins with:

I sit by the fire musing,
With sad and downcast eye,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacbc XbabXcdc ebabXbdb efXfegeg bXcXXcec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 011111 11101110 0100101 1011010 101111 1101111 111101 11111010 011011 0101110 0101001 101010011 0101001 10101010 001101 11001111 110101 11101010 011101 11111100 011101 11110010 1110011 1011101 110011 10100110 111101 11101010 1110111 1101110 001111 11011011 010111 11111010 110111 1101100 010101 00101110 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of My Thoughts To-Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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