This is an analysis of the poem The Lute And The Lyre that begins with:
Deep desire, that pierces heart and spirit to the root,
Finds reluctant voice in verse that yearns like soaring fire,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB Xab aXaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101101110001 10101011111010 1010111010101 1010 1110100011110 11101000100101 10101010101110 10101010111011 1010100010001 10111011001101 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Lute And The Lyre;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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