This is an analysis of the poem Enceladus. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Second) that begins with:
Under Mount Etna he lies,
It is slumber, it is not death;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd eaeea fbffX gfggf hghhg aaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011 00100011 111011001 10110101 11001001 0111101 0101101 10100101 1101101 1111011 1010101 1100101 1101011 1100101 1000001 1011001 010011 1011101 10100111 11011011 11101101 0010001 1010101 00100101 1000101 1101101 10101111 0101111 0110101 0011111 110111 100100101 10111101 01101000 1000100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 Enceladus. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Second);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Analysis of In The Harbour: The Wine Of Jurançon. (From The French Of Charles Coran)
- Analysis of Friar Lubin. (From The French)
- Analysis of Epimetheus, Or The Poet's Afterthought. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
