This is an analysis of the poem I Think I Was Enchanted that begins with:

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I think I was enchanted... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111010 110110 11110100 01001000 110011110 110100010 11010001 11110010 0100011000 01000010 10000101010 110101 11010001 0101010 11110000 0101000 0100101010 01000000 10100101 11001000 1111010100 010001 11000010 0100001000 100110000 010001 110110000 1101010 01010100 0100100 110001100 1100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of I Think I Was Enchanted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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