This is an analysis of the poem Rapture -- To Laura that begins with:

From earth I seem to wing my flight,
And sun myself in Heaven's pure light,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb dddeed ffXbbX ggbXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 111101011 111111 111101001 11111101 011101 11010101 11011001 0111001 111101010 1100101010 011111 11011111 0101001101 11110010 011101010 1001111010 1111100 11001101 11010101 110101 11000100 01010011 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.

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