This is an analysis of the poem The Harp. A Legendary Tale. In Two Parts that begins with:
Still'd is the tempest's blust'ring roar;
Hoarse dash the billows of the sea;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cbcX cdcd efef dgdg caca hehX gggX aiai eiei eaea ijij kiki fhfh babX cici ieie lhlh dada mfmf nnnn aaaa bebe fcfc hjhj ibib lgXg deXX mnmn X eaea aeae eaea oXoX jhjh gXge bcbc ecec aeae iiii dhdh anaX mjmj aeae jeje hjXj amam gggg hlhl bXbe nanX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010101 11010001 11110101 11111111 11110001 111011101 111101001 11111111 11110101 111100101 111100111 111101001 11110111 01111101 11010111 100101001 01110101 110101001 01110101 11000101 11110101 11011101 01011111 11010101 11110101 01111101 01010101 100100110 11110101 11110101 11110101 010101010 11010101 11000101 11011111 111100111 111000001 01110101 11010101 11110101 11110111 11010111 11010111 11011011 11001101 11011101 01011101 11100101 11110011 11011111 11110101 11010011 11001101 11010101 11110101 01001001 11011101 11010001 01011101 01011111 01111101 01010110001 11011101 110100101 11110101 11010101 01011101 11011001 11010001 110101001 11110101 11010101 110110111 010010101 111100001 11111101 11110001 11110101 01110111 01010101 100100111 01110101 11010111 11010111 11110101 11011101 11110101 11011101 11010101 01011101 11010111 11010001 11110101 011111001 11110111 110001001 11110101 11110101 010101101 11110001 11010101 111010111 11011101 11110111 11011111 11111101 11011111 11110101 11110101 01101101 11110110 01011101 11010111 11010111 01110111 11010001 11 11010101 11010111 11010101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010111 11011101 11110111 011100101 11010101 110101001 01010101 111111011 101101110 110101101 11010101 110100101 01010100 11011101 01111101 01011101 11110101 10011101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 010011101 01010101 11110101 11011101 01011111 11010101 11010101 10010101 111100101 10110111 11111101 11110101 01011101 11110101 11110111 11010111 01010111 11111111 111111010 11110101 11010101 01010101 10010101 01111101 110011111 01111101 11011001 11110101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010111 01010101 010101010 01010101 11110101 01000101 11011111 1100110101 110101010 11111101 110101010 11010111 11011001 11111101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11111101 110001001 11110101 11011111 11011101 11111001 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 51
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 201
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; by, and, my, his, name, long are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, no, long are repeated.
The author used the same word oft at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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