This is an analysis of the poem Mesmerism that begins with:
Aye you're a man that ! ye old mesmerizer
Tyin' your meanin' in seventy swadelin's,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX abab XXXX cdXd cXcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111000 11100100100 11010011010 0111110101101 110101101110 11011011011 11011011010 10111111111 11101111000101 111011111110 1101011011 11110110110 1111101000100 11011010010 10110110010 10111111010 101110011010 10011110100 111011111011 001100 11100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, as, to are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Mesmerism;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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