This is an analysis of the poem Thekla's Song; Or, The Voice Of A Spirit that begins with:
Ask'st thou my home?-my pathway wouldst thou know,
When from thine eye my floating shadow pass'd?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb baba bcbcXdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111111 1011110111 1111011101 1111111111 1111010001 1100010101 100111101001 1111110111 1111011111 1111111111 1101111111 1111110101 1111110101 0111110111 1111010111 10110011101 1111110001 10010100101 1000111011 1101010101 1111010011 1011000101 1111010101 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, there are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
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- summary of Thekla's Song; Or, The Voice Of A Spirit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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