This is an analysis of the poem The West's Asleep that begins with:
When all beside a vigil keep,
The West's asleep, the West's asleep...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAAabccb ddddeeee fffXgggg aAAahXhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 01010101 01111101 11010101 11111111 111100100 11111100 01011101 11011101 10110101 01011101 110010111 11011101 1001100001 111101101 11011101 11000101 01011101 11110101 11011100 11011111 110110001 11111101 11011101 10110101 01010101 01111101 11010101 11111101 110101011 11101101 111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The West's Asleep;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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