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

Thrill with lissome lust of the light,
O man ! My man !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXXXccdXeeaXffgghhcbcbhhiijjhhjjkkXXXccXbbbbbllmmbbbbbeeddXebbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 67,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101001 1111 10101001 01101 10110111001 010010100 101100111 1111111 1011111001 0101 100100101 1001100 10100101 111111001 00100110101 0101000101 101001001 001010101 011100101 011100101 0101011 00101101011 1101111001 101101 10110101 1111 1010101 1001 1011100 0001 1011101 1111 11111110 011111010 110100101 1101011111 111 111 001010100 101101010 11001100 110100101 1010010101 1010101100 11101 101101111 1101 111110111 11101 1011011101 001001 010100111 0101 0111101111 01101 00101 11110110111 11111111 1011111111 101110011 010111101 110100101 111111111111 10101011 10010101 00101 10110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 417
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, come, with, pan, io, i, thy are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pan is repeated).

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