This is an analysis of the poem The Boston Athenaeum that begins with:

Thou dear and well-loved haunt of happy hours,
How often in some distant gallery,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdecfgheghcijaegchikeblbdhafXbiiXiichmnehaidlhogafXjgefbgahfknheeielagblfccapkegefafjbaeaoXnfaplfhXpabeghiofeaggihiafefgXaieXaefafaaXlahdXefaeaXmc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 148,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111101010 1100110100 1101010101 1001110011 01010010111 1101010101 010111101 1100110101 01011100111 0101010100 1111110111 1101110101 1101000101 10110100010 1111010101 1111111100 0101001101 0100010101 1101010101 0101111111 10010111010 1101100101 1111011101 0101010100100 1101011101 1111110100 10111111010 0101010101 01010100111 0111010101 11010001100 1001010100 1101110101 0101011101 0101110100 0001010011 1111010111 1000010101 10111100111 1111111111 1111111101 0101110101 0101111111 0101010011 1111010101 0101011101 1101011101 110010010101 0101010001 1111001101 1101110111 1111111010 0101110001 1101110111 1001010101 01010000100 1101010100 1111010100 1101001101 0101100111 0111010001 1101011101 1111010101 0101010101 11001010111 0101001101 1101011110 0101011111 11101010101 0101011111 1101100101 1001110101 11010101100 1001111101 1001010111 100111101 0111111111 0101010101 01010010111 1101000101 0101000111 0101010001 11010000101 01000100001 0101010111 1100110100 1101011101 0100010100 11110111010 11001101001 0101011111 010100101001 01001011110 1101010111 1101110101 1101010101 0101001111 1111110111 1111111101 1011010101 011101111 0101010101 01000101100 1101010100 1101010101 0101010001 10110011001 1110011111 0111010101 1011100111 1101010011 0101011111 1101010101 1101110011 1001100111 01001010111 1111001101 0111010101 1111010100 0101010101 0100010001 1101001101 1101010101 0110010010 1111111101 1111011101 111111010010 0111011101 01101111001 1111010101 0111011100 0101010101 10010101010 0101010101 110101110000 0111111101 1101011111 0101000111 0100010111 1101010010 0111010001 1111100101 1101011100 1101110011 0010111011 010001100 1111000111 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1138
  • Amount of lines: 148
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, to, of, read, his, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, only, we, no, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Boston Athenaeum;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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