This is an analysis of the poem To The Air Of Lorelei that begins with:

I.
Alone on a hillside of heather,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcadad X deXefgfg X hfhfbfbf XXhghghghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 011011010 11011011 0010010010 111111111 111010011 11001101 1010010011 11101011 1 1010010010 11001001 1111110100 11001001 111110010 1111011 1110010010 01011001 1 110110010 010001011 010010010 11011001 111110110 01001001 110110110 11001001 1 110110010 11001111 110011010 11001011 1110011010 11001001 1011010010 11001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, they are repeated.

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  • summary of To The Air Of Lorelei;
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  • history of its creation;
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