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

ONCE more, my harp! once more, although I thought
Never to wake thy silent strings again, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedXff egeghh hahaaa ieiejj dhdhbb kbkbee igigee eieicc hlhlee mlmlnn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111111 1001110101 01001110111 1111111101 1101100101 0001010111101 1101010011 1101011101 1101010101 110100101010 0111010101 1011010010101 1101011101 0111001101 11001010111 11110111001 11110001001 100101010101 1101010111 0101010101 1111110101 0101010101 1101011101 0111010111111 1111010111 1101110101 1101111111 1101111101 1111110111 110101111111 11011011101 1111010111 0101011111 11100101000 1101011101 110101010101 1111011111 1111010001 1011010111 10111110101 1101011101 110011110101 1101110101 110010101001 0101011101 1101000101 1101011101 010111010011 1111011101 0100011101 1111010101 1101010011 0101010111 101101110101 1111110101 1100010011 11001011101 1111010101 1111110101 010101011101 11111001010 1101000101 01010111010 1001010101 1111011101 110101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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