This is an analysis of the poem Celestial Heights that begins with:

Hail! steep ascents and winding ways,
Glimmering through melting morning haze,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddbeeb aafggf ggaffa ccgaag ccdhhd iijaaj iiaaaa jjbeeb ggkllk jjgjag jjmmmX ddXnnh XXdiid bbjiij ccgaag ooghhg bbpeep ddcccc aadnnd bbmccm Xmlkkl mXicci ggbmmb aagdXX ggeqqeXcccbbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 100110101 11011101 11110101 11111101 01101 110100101 101101001 11110101 10110101 11101101 011101 10110101 10010111 11011111 11110101 111001001 100101 01111111 100110101 01011101 11010101 101101101 110001 11110101 01110111 11111111 11010101 11111101 010111 11010101 10011001 11111101 11010101 11010101 110111 00111101 101101011 010101001 01100101 11010101 010101 101110111 10110111 0100101 11010101 11010001 100101 01010101 00010101 110011001 11010101 010101001 110101 110101001 01101101 0010011001 01110111 111000101 101101 11110101 01000101 010100101 11111101 11110101 1001001 01010101 11011101 11010101 01010011 11101101 010101 11011101 11010001 11110101 01011101 01011101 011111 01011101 10110111 011111011 110011101 0100101001 011001 11010101 1111111 11011101 11110101 10010101 110111 11001101 11010101 11010101 11010111 01101001 110011 111101001 01010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 100101 11010101 01010101 01010001 11001001 11011001 100111 01010101 11010101 11110101 11110101 01011111 1010001 11010111 11011101 11010101 10110101 11010111 011101 10010011 10010001 10110101 01010101 10010111 111101 111101010 01001101 01111111 11110101 11111111 0100101 11010111 11111100 010010001 11110101 01011101 110101 01000101 10111101 01010001 100100001 01010101 010001 11011101 11010001 11011101 110000101 110100010 1101100 01010111 11110111 11010111 11010001 11111101 11101 110111010 111101010 01010111 11000111 10111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 162
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; hail, and, that, him are repeated.

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

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