This is an analysis of the poem Vitaï Lampada that begins with:
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night—
Ten to make and the match to win—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacXX dedefcfX gagadcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100101 10110101 010110101 1100110110 101101001001 1010100101 1010110101 111111011 0100100101 100100111 010110101 1010010111 010011101 110111001 10100111001 111111011 00011111 10010101 100100111 11110101 01100101 11110101 110100101 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase red connects the lines.
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- summary of Vitaï Lampada;
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- idea of the verse;
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