This is an analysis of the poem Love And Madness that begins with:
Hark ! from the battlements of yonder tower
The solemn bell has tolled the midnight hour !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddcc eeeeff ccffgg hhgg iiggjjgg cchhccgg ffddiiXX iiffii ggff iieecc eeXigX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,6,4,8,8,8,6,4,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10010001010 01011101110 10110010001 11001010101 101001010101 0101010101 1101110101 1111010101 1101010001 1101110011 11111101001 0101110101 11110101001 01001111101 11011101101 1011010101 1001011101 1101011101 11010100101 1101010011 11111101001 1101110101 1101111101 11010100101 11001000101 0101110101 1111111101 11001001101 0101000101 1111010101 10110101001 1001010101 1101010101 11110100101 110100100101 1101110101 1111110101 1111010101 1111010101 1111110101 1011011101 1101010101 110101111101 1101010001 0101010101 0101011101 11001010101 1111010101 10110100010 1101110111 10101011101 1010111101 1111010101 10011110101 1111010101 1101011101 11101010101 11001110101 0111011101 1111011101 0101111101 0111010101 1101010001 10011110101 1111110101 1011110101 11010010101 0101010101 11111100101 1001010101 1101110101 11010101011
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; cease, in, thy, of, my are repeated.
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- summary of Love And Madness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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