This is an analysis of the poem The Miserere that begins with:
Not of the earth that music! all things fade;
Vanish the pictured walls! and, one by one,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc XXadXXbXXecedecX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001110111 1001011111 0101010001 1111011101 0101011001 1101010101 11010110101 01010101010 1001100011 11001000101 1100110101 1100011100 0101000101 01010110001 1011010101 10010001101 0011011111 1111111101 1011100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 417
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Miserere;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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