Chorus Of Eden Spirits by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Chorus Of Eden Spirits that begins with:

HEARKEN, oh hearken! let your souls behind you
Turn, gently moved! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXdeaeafafafXfbgcgcacacXdXdXcccfhfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111011 1101 11010101011 11010 10110111010 1111 11010111100 1101 11110101010 0101 11110111010 0111 11111111010 1101 01010001110 0111 10010001110 11000 11010001010 1101 10110111010 1010 01011101010 0101 01000100011 11110 0110011011 0101 01110101010 1111 11011110100 0101 11011011010 1101 11110100110 1101 11011101010 1101 10111101010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1431
  • Average number of words per stanza: 226
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hearken is repeated.

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

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