This is an analysis of the poem Euphelia that begins with:

As roam'd a pilgrim o'er the mountain drear,
On whose lone verge the foaming billows roar,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bbbb cXcd aeae baba fgfg gaXa bhbh dddd aeae baXa cici jiji dfdf aiai hehe akak lblb adad lmlm alal lhlh jbjb nana ibib cecX bfbf iaia ihih aeaX ceceXibib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010100101 1111010101 0101010101 1111010101 0101010101 0111000101 1101000101 11001010101 110111010101 0101010101 1101010001 1101110101 101001010101 1101010101 1101011101 01011110101 10101000101 0101010101 11000110101 1100010101 101100010111 10011101101 1001010111 1101010101 10101111101 1100110101 1011010010 1101110101 10111000101 0101111101 0101110101 1101010101 10111110101 01010010101 1001011111 1101000101 10011010101 0111111101 1111110101 1111010101 101001110101 0011001001 1011011110 1111011111 1111111101 1101010101 1101010101 1100010111 10111010101 1001010101 111010010101 1111010111 10110010101 01010010001 11001010101 0101011101 10111110101 11110010111 1101110101 11010010101 10101011001 1111011101 1001010101 1101010101 10011010101 0101000101 1101000101 1101110101 10101010101 1010010101 1101000101 1011010101 101001010101 1111010101 1101011111 1101110101 10101110101 1101111101 1100010101 1111010101 11010011111 0001010101 1101011101 1111001101 10101100101 11011101001 1101011101 1101010101 10111011101 1101010101 11001010101 1111000101 101011101010 1011011101 111101010010 11011010101 10111011101 1111011101 1101011001 01110001101 10101011101 11010100101 0111010101 010100010100 10011000111 0101010101 0101010101 11010100101 1000101110101 1101010111 110001010111 0101100101 1011001110101 0101110101 1101010011 0101110101 10101001101 1101111101 1101001101 111101110100 1111000101 1101010001 1101110001 0101010101 1101011101 1101010101 1101010101 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 128
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, for, my, death, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ah, can, and, will, he are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Euphelia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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