This is an analysis of the poem Musings that begins with:
Inspiration.
All who have toiled for Art, who've won or lost,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcc b dd e bb a ff a gg h ihih h ijji X hkkh k cici a Xljjge i blXXil l iiii j bkbk hXhjhj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,6,1,6,1,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 1111110111 1101101101 1001110001 10010101101 0100 1100111101 1011001111 100 1111001101 1101110111 1010 11011101101 0111010101 1010 1101001111 1101110101 01 01100100111 1101011100 1011110011 1111111101 10 0101010111 0101001100 10001010001 1011100101 10 1001010111 1001011101 1111010111 0101010111 010101 1101010101 1111111111 1001111111 1001011101 1010 1111011100 0001011011 1100110111 01010011001 0101011100 1001010100 10 1011111 100101 1001110 100111 1101010 110101 0111 1011011111 1001000101 1011011111 1111100111 01 0111010101 1101010111 11001010101 01001001101 01 01001100101 0101010001 1100110101 11100101000
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 67
- 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; we, now, and, to, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word success is repeated.
The author used the same word success at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mouth is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word mouth 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 success connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Musings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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