This is an analysis of the poem The Contretemps that begins with:
A forward rush by the lamp in the gloom,
And we clasped, and almost kissed;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXb cdcXd ecXec cfXcf gcXgc dhddh ijiij gdXgX bebbX XcffXXedeeed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101101001 1111111 11110101 11100100101 111011111001 110001111 1011100 0111101111 01010110010 1111110101 110001101 1101011 1010110110 11010101 01010010001 1001101011 1011100 1111100100 10011111 1010110100 110101011 101101 101011010 10110101 1101110111 11111111 1101111 100011101 01010101 0100010101 10011111 110101 11110101 010010111 1001010111 11011111 111111 11011110 10010111 1111010100 01010101 110001 10110101 011101011 1110101001010 10101011100 0101101 10100101010 101101110 11011111000100 001011111 111011 110010110 01110111 110010101 1111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, her, and, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of The Contretemps;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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