This is an analysis of the poem The Ideals that begins with:
And wilt thou, faithless one, then, leave me,
With all thy magic phantasy,--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaabcbc dedeeaXa dcdcfgfg dhdhihih dhXhefef dedebebe djdjdfdf cacadXdf dgdgkfkf XfXfefXf ilillcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111101111 01110100 010111111 11010101 110111010 11010111 011000110 10011101 0100111010 11010101 11011110 11110101 011011110 11010101 010111110 1110011 111101010 01011111 101101010 110111001 110101010 11011101 110011010 11010101 1111001010 11011111 011111010 01001111 110111110 11010101 1100100110 100100101 1101001110 11010101 010001010 01111111 011101110 11010101 110111010 11011111 110111010 01110111 110101010 10011101 010101010 11110101 011101010 11011101 11000110010 11101111 010101010 111111001 111101010 11000101 110101010 11010001 110111010 01010101 0100111100 11111101 110101010 110101100 110101010 010111001 1110101010 01010101 111111010 101110101 110111110 01010111 110101010 11010101 011111010 11010001 110101110 10011101 110011010 110101001 111101010 11110111 010111010 11010101 111100010 11011111 111101110 01010001 110110100 001100111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; with, all, to, how, her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, then, and, who are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Ideals;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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