This is an analysis of the poem Helen All Alone that begins with:
There was darkness under Heaven
For an hour's space--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcacA dedecacA fgfgcacA hihicacAXdcdccaccA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 11101 10111110 11101 1111101 11101 11010110 10101 1110111 11111 1110101 10101 1010101 11111 1010110 10101 1010101 10101 1111111 10101 0010101 110101 1011110 10101 11111110 11101 11111010 11101 1111101 011111 1010110 10101 1011101 110101 1010101 111101 1010101 11111 11010110 1110110 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; each is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word helen is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines did is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word alone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Helen All Alone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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