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

MY friend conceived the soul hereafter dwells
In any heaven the inmost heart desires,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa X bab cX XX ada d aeae fgfg b gbg he he hfh f gaga eaea cXgcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 010100101010 0111011110 111010111010 111100101100 01010000101 1101001101 01001010101 1101011001 0101110100 00010111010 1101111100 001101100101 01010100101 00111010101 0111010001 1101010101 1101010101 1101010001 1111010101 1001110111 1101010101 1101111101 0111000101 1101111101 1101010101 0101011101 1011010001 01001010101 1001011101 1101110111 0111010101 1011110101 1101010001 1101011001 11001010101 0111011101 01010000101 010010100101 01010010101 0101111101 1111001101 11111100101 0101110101 1101010111 1111011101 1101100111 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; nor, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.

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

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

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