This is an analysis of the poem Address To Music that begins with:
OH thou! whose soft, bewitching lyre,
Can lull the sting of pain to rest;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcC dedeff agagbb ehahcc XieicC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001 11010101 111100101 01010101 11011101 01111111 01010011 110111010 01010101 010101010 11010101 01010101 11011111 11010111 010101101 111111001 100011111 11011101 111101010 01010001 11010101 011010101 11010101 11010101 11000101 11000101 0101010010 11111101 11011101 01111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and are repeated.
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- summary of Address To Music;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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