This is an analysis of the poem The Ancient Singer that begins with:

I brood not now upon the printed page,
A nobler voice is in mine ears to-night,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababX XXXXcc dedeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 0101001101 010100111001 1011010111 1011010100 1101111101 1111111101 11011101010 1101010101 1011010101 1011010101 10111010111 1011010111 1011110101 01010010001 1101001101 0110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; all, of are repeated.

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

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

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