This is an analysis of the poem The Dance that begins with:
See how, like lightest waves at play, the airy dancers fleet;
And scarcely feels the floor the wings of those harmonious feet....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffffgghhddbbhhaaggeXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111010101 110101010101001 11110110110111 11000101110111 11010101111101 11111001110111 110101100101110 1101010110010010 11010101000101 01010101010101 011101011100101 01011101110101 111100010101010 101101011101010 110001010101010 010101010111010 110111011111010 111101110101010 111001011100110 1111010101001010 11010001110101 110100111010101 111100010101001 0101100101110101 110001010100010 110101011101010 11011100010111 01010101010101 11110101010101 01010101010101 0111010011101100 1111010111100010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1960
- Average number of words per stanza: 345
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and, thou, in, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, the, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Dance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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