This is an analysis of the poem My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night! that begins with:
1 The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,
2 'Tis summer, the darkies are gay,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd beab fcfcdddd beab ghghgdgdXbeab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101110010101 111001011 101111010001 1101110101 101111010101 111011011 111111010101 1111010101 110111110111101 110111 11010101 11010101101 11111111010101 1101101101 111111010001 1101101101 1011110111001 101011101 101111010101 1111010101 110111110111101 110111 11010101 11010101101 11101111010101 101001011 101111010101 1001101011 101111010101 111011001 101111110101 1111010101 110111110111101 110111 11010101 11010101101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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