This is an analysis of the poem The Choir Invisible that begins with:

Oh, may I join the choir invisible
Of those immortal dead who live again ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbefgbhfbdhihhhfieXhjbdhXckjkklgfdcdhlah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110100100 0101011101 0111011101 0101010100 0101010101 1100011101 0101110111 1011010111 01010101010 0101010001 1001010101 0101010101 1101011100 1111011101 01001011101 0101111001 0101010101 1101000101 01010110100 1001110001 1111010101 1101000101 1101010001 0100010110 1111010101 010010101010 1101010101 0101010101 0101001101 1101111101 1101110101 0101010101 0101000101 1101111100 1111010111 1101000101 0101011100 1010010111 0101111100 0011000001 1001010101 11110100100 1100010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1799
  • Average number of words per stanza: 303
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, to, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, to, that are repeated.

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  • summary of The Choir Invisible;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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