This is an analysis of the poem To An Enthusiast that begins with:
Were you, my friend, some nimble-winged thing,
That could with eagle speed extend your flight,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd Xecf ghcb bXei idjb cdcd gfig gdbg jhcX gdee fcbc fded cdXX cabX bXeh XgXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011111011 1101010111 111101 111101 1011011101 1111011111 1100111 010101 1101110101 1011111101 110111 010101 1111010101 01111100101 110111 110101 1101001101 100111100101 110101 010101 0111110101 1111010101 111101 111101 1011011101 1111011101 111101 110101 1101010101 10011100001 111111 110101 1101111101 1101010001 110101 101101 1111010111 1101110111 111111 111101 11110111011 1101110101 111101 110101 1101111001 1110110101 110011 110001 01110101111 1101110101 11011 100101 1111111111 1101011001 010100 001101 1110111101 1111010101 11111 011101 1101011101 1101010101 110111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, at, your, love, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words then, and, you are repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).
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- summary of To An Enthusiast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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