This is an analysis of the poem Basil Moss that begins with:
SING, mountain-wind, thy strong, superior song—
Thy haughty alpine anthem, over tracts... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbebcfghiibXjcecbkigfiig jlhgcbliigmcieikbjnmciibcecckimcjaj iieXlfeicXeecbgibXeiXbcje cXbndebjkbbglnbomcigbijeekblij bpicnlcgbjmgjqbjjncnqjbbcjnbbjiingenigXcimkgbfbojbp
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,35,25,30,51,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101001 1101110101 11011111001 1101110111 0101001111 1101111101 01010100100 1111010101 01110011111 1101110101 1101000101 1111000111 0101110001 1101010101 0101000101 1111111101 1101010100 1101010111 1100110101 1111010101 1000100111 01110011111 10101010111 1101011111 1001110001 1111010101 011111 1101 0101110001 0111010101 1101100101 1101010101 1101011111 1100010101 0101011001 0101000111 0100010100 0111011111 1111011101 11110000101 1111010111 1111111101 0101101101 0111010001 1100110111 1111111101 0101000101 1101011101 0101010101 0101010101 1101011101 1111110101 1101010101 1101010010 0101010111 0100010111 1111110101 0101011101 0101110101 0101110111 1101010101 001111 1011 0101000101 1100010101 1101111000 0100010111 1101110101 1101110101 1100110101 1101010101 11111011000 1010010101 11010100001 1101010101 0111010001 1101111101 0100110111 0101010101 0101011100 0101110101 0111010011 01000101000 1111010101 1101010101 1101100101 0101111110 1101011100 0101110101 010010101101 1001011101 1111011111 01000010101 1101000111 0101010111 0101110101 1111000101 1101011101 1111000101 1101010101 11011101011 11000011101 010110110010 1101011101 1100110101 1101010101 1101111101 1101111101 1111111101 0101110111 0111000101 1111011101 1111010110 0101010101 1011011101 0111011101 110101 1101 010000100100 1101110001 0101010001 0100010111 1101110111 0101010101 0101110111 1101010111 1110010101 1101111111 1101111110 1110110101 1001011001 0111010100 1101001111 1101010011 0110001101 11010101010 1101010001 0111110111 1101010101 010100101 1111010110 1111010101 0111010101 010101011101 1101010101 11010110001 1101111101 010110100 11001110101 1111000101 1101011101 0001110101 1101011101 1101111101 1111011100 1101010101 1101010100 1101111111 0111000101 1101011111 0111110101 1011010111 1100110100 1111010100 0111011101 0101010101 0101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1171
- Average number of words per stanza: 220
- Amount of lines: 170
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, he, to, of, that, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, who, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Basil Moss;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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