This is an analysis of the poem Pompeii And Herculaneum that begins with:
What wonder this?--we ask the lympid well,
O earth! of thee--and from thy solemn womb...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcabcddeaffeggaeehei hjjibbgg jeXeijaaicccccdd ehhkeckcaaiiiaaXddaaaaiiiiee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,8,16,28,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1100110101 1101101101 11010110001 1011010101 01010100001 1111010110 110101101 1101010100101 1011010111 10011011111 0111011101 10101010001 11110110101 1110010101 1101001101 0101010101 0101010101 1001010101 1101010101 0101010111 100101 1111 0111000101 011101100101 0101010101 0100100100101 1101010101 1001011101 1101110101 1011010101 0101010111 01011100100 0111010101 1101011101 10110100101 10111101011 1101110101 1011010101 1011010101 0101010101 1010110001 11111101001 1011010101 1111010111 1000101010111 1111011111 0101011101 1001000101 1011010111 11111100101 11111011110 1001010101 1101110111 11010100111 1110011101 1001011101 0111010111 1111010101 00010011101 110101011101 1101010101 1101011001 1111010011 0101000101 0101011101 1101100001 1001011101 1101001101 0111001001 10110010001 1001010101 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Pompeii And Herculaneum;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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