This is an analysis of the poem The Poet's Metamorphosis that begins with:
Maecenas, I propose to fly
To realms beyond these human portals;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbb Xcac XdXd bebe XfXfXabbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 010111010 11011011 111101010 01011101 110101111 11011101 1100101111 01111001 010100010 11011101 110111010 11010111 110101110 11011111 110101110 10011111 1111110010 11110111 110101010 11011101 1111110010 11001101 111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Poet's Metamorphosis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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