This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Spirit that begins with:
Too sweet and too subtle for pen or for tongue
In phrases unwritten and measures unsung, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eebb ffgg hhcc iijjXddjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11111011111 01001011001 11111101001 001111001001 0011110110110 0010011010010 001001101001 11011011001 001011101001 101001111011 001001101001 11011001101 11101000111 101001001011 11101101001 11010001011 11001101011 11101001011 1011010110110 010010110110 11001111011 001101001011 01011011001 111101001001 11001101001 11011011001 11111101101 101111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as, of, in, from, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, thy are repeated.
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- summary of Song Of The Spirit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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