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

CHILD of Light, the bright, the bird-like! wilt thou float and float to me,
Facing winds and sleets and waters, flying glimpses of the sea?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbbccddaA DDeXeeffDD GGaaccccGG HHXeiiddHH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010111111101 101111101010001 101010101010101 1111001011001001 111111101011101 1010111010001001 1010111010101101 101110101011101 101010111111101 101111101010001 111010101011111 1010101101111101 111010100010111 1010101001110100 11111101010101 10111110101101 101111101011111 100110101011101 111010101011111 1010101101111101 001010101011111 101000101010001 001010101010001 111011101011101 1110001101010101 100010101110011 11101110111111 1010101001010001 001010101011111 101000101010001 100011101111111 111011101111111 1110111111101011 1011101100101001 1010101010111010 110011010111010 111011101010101 1110100101010011 100011101111111 111011101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, with, thy, half are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vexed, murmur are repeated.

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

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

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