This is an analysis of the poem Devotion I that begins with:
FOLLOW thy fair sun, unhappy shadow!
Though thou be black as night, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba XbbX XccX XbbX dddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101011 110111 111101 11011101011 1001111100 111101 1101001 11001101100 1011111010 11111 111110 10111111010 1001101010 110101 101101 10010101100 101111101 111101 111111 0111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; light, her, still are repeated.
The author used the same word follow 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 Devotion I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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