This is an analysis of the poem The Spirit Of Poetry that begins with:

All things are Hers. Concealed or manifest,
Found or unfound, Her Spirit lives in each—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX caca dede afaf agaX cdch chcd icic ececXfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110011101 1110010101 1101010101 110101 1110100101 0111010101 1101000101 101100 10010100101 0100010001 1011010101 110101 1101010101 1111010101 1101010101 1001001 10011001111 11011010101 1111000101 1000101 1101011111 1101010101 1101000101 010101 11001010101 00110000101 11001010111 100101 1101100111 11001010101 1011110001 010110 100110101 0101000101 0100010101 010111 1110110101 1101000101 1001010011 010001 1110110011 1001111111 1111010001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words she, all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Spirit Of Poetry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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