This is an analysis of the poem Hast Never Come To Thee An Hour that begins with:

HAST never come to thee an hour,
A sudden gleam divine, precipitating, bursting all these bubbles,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 110101110 01010101010101110 101 1101011101110 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Hast Never Come To Thee An Hour;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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