This is an analysis of the poem The "Happy Isles" Of Horace that begins with:

Oh, come with me to the Happy Isles
In the golden haze off yonder,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXb aXXa cdcd efef ebeb afaf agAg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 00101110 10100111100 10101010 100111011 1001100 10010101 10110010 11111101 11001110 101101101 10110010 10110101 11001011 111100111 11001011 1110111 10101110 110010101 011001110 10011111 1101011 11111111 11001111 11011101 10101010 110100101 001011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The "Happy Isles" Of Horace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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