This is an analysis of the poem To Imagination that begins with:

When weary with the long day's care,
And earthly change from pain to pain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcdee fgfgdd bebgbb hXhXbb XiXidd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 11010101 11110001 11111101 11111111 11110101 11000101 01011101 11111111 11010101 11111100 11010100 11001101 10111101 01011101 11010101 10110101 01111101 10011101 11010100 110100111 01011110 11110101 010010101 11110101 010010111 1101001001 110100101 11000101 0111111 11101101 110101010 01010100 110110010 11000101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of To Imagination;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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