Rumors From An Aeolian Harp by Henry David Thoreau: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Rumors From An Aeolian Harp that begins with:

There is a vale which none hath seen,
Where foot of man has never been, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeff gghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 11011100 11110111 11010101 110010101 10010101 110100101 100100101 11011101 11000101 11010101 11010101 11001101 11110101 110110111 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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