This is an analysis of the poem The Progress Of Refinement. Part I. that begins with:

As when the stream by casual fountains fed
First gushes from the cavern's mossy bed,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaccbbddeeaaffbbcc eeccgghhhhhheecciiffaaccjjbb bbcceeccjjkkffkkbb ccllccbbhhccff ccmmaaggccaahheenneeffoogg cceehhaaaaiigghheeffeell bbccaahhhhXiddcccceepp cchhaakkiieeeeaacchhaaqqllgghh cXhhcckkbbcccc aaccii eeccccaabbddffdfcc ggeellhhh iillaanXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,28,18,14,26,24,22,30,14,6,18,9,64,10,10,12,28,34,18,4,24,12,36,20,38,22,32,44,39,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 978
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 679
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; his, and, by, though, to, her, of, that, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, though, or, with, while, no, too are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Progress Of Refinement. Part I.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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