This is an analysis of the poem Rhapsody that begins with:

LOVERS, are you faring forth?
Will you seek the icy north? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXX ccddaa ddeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 0110101 1110101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1011111 0010101 1110101 0011101 1011011 0010101 1111111 1010111 1010101 1100101 1110111 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, or are repeated.

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

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