A Lost Chord by Adelaide Anne Procter: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Lost Chord that begins with:

SEATED one day at the Organ,
I was weary and ill at ease,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XaXa dede fgfg bhhh caaa Xaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 11101111 11101010 100101 111111110 1111101 11111010 10100101 01001011 10101101 101111010 00101001 01001110 1110101 010010010 010101 0111000010 001011 110010010 1000101 111111010 111101 110010010 110001 01011110 0101101 010110010 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Lost Chord;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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