This is an analysis of the poem The Golden Age that begins with:
Long ere the Muse the strenuous chords had swept,
And the first lay as yet in silence slept,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcddee eebbbbcbffXgddhhiijjbbXekk hhlleeeemmkkbbffddiieeddbbnnaaddbbdd hhffffkkaaeecceeddffggmmllggbbbX eeggeebbeeeeeeooffffhXee XpbbfqkkllaaeellddffbbhXrXqqffaabbfX ssffqqffeedd hhiieeqqjjeeeebbjjddffllllfffeejjj eeeekkaalljjaXllaabbkkeebb llaappffhhmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,26,36,32,24,36,12,34,26,32,34,40,30,62,8,22,28,28,18,44,25,22,41,8,22,84,12,14,40,14,6,26,22,6,18,16,12,40,30,22,30,20,18,24,18,46,16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 47
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1161
- Average number of words per stanza: 206
- Amount of lines: 1232
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, each, no, of, its, whose, all, gold, for, by, they, failed, his, day, more, he, to, croesus, her, with, my, if, or, could, their, she, thine, in, that, our, what, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his, on, that, and, is, her, i, whose, two, by, could, their, how, no, some, what are repeated.
The author used the same word nor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word gold at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase gold connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Golden Age;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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