This is an analysis of the poem Vigil that begins with:
Lived on one's back,
In the long hours of repose,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abca XadXXedXefc Xgbgbhbih efbgXedXhXih ebXgeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,9,12,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 00110001 10010011 10001101 1011 1 11010 10010110 110110100 10010001 1011101 100100 1010001001 11010010 10101101 1011 10010011 11011011 10010011 1011 11010010 010011 10010010 111111 1001001 10010010 11011 100100101101 10011010 01101101 11010111011 10011 0111100010 1001111101 101100110 1101 1111 11011010 10010110 101110111 111100 00100010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, old, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ache, sleep are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ache connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Vigil;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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