This is an analysis of the poem Image Worship that begins with:

Why mounts my blood to cheek and brow,
Like an ascending flame,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb ddad debe dcfc Xfgf hgXX heXe Xihi hghg jfjf fcfc bebeXgdgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110111 110101 100010111 010011 11110101 110101 01110101 010011 11110111 010111 01110001 110111 01111101 110111 111101010 100101 11110100 111101 11110101 010111 11111101 111111 1111001000 1111110 100111011 111101 00010100 110101 11110111 1101010 11110111 1111010 0001010101 1011001011 1001001101 100010011001 0001010101 1100010001 11110100101 1101010101 11011100101 1111011101 1101010101 1101010101 1001010100 0110001101 110010101001 0011011101 0101101111 11111101010 1111010101 11110001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; love, thus, to, me are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

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  • summary of Image Worship;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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