This is an analysis of the poem Epimetheus, Or The Poet's Afterthought. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First) that begins with:
Have I dreamed? or was it real,
What I saw as in a vision,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaX cdccd cXccc ceXce fXffb bbbbb eXXeX gdggd hfhhf XXeeX iiXii XXeee ceccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 11110010 1010100 0010001 111101100 11101110 11111011 101010010 10100010 10101011 11111010 10111010 10111110 101100010 1010010 11111010 11101010 100110100 110101110 11100010 11111100 11101100 10101010 101110101 00101010 00101010 11101010 11100010 10101010 10001010 10101110 00101100 11101110 01101010 110101010 10101010 10101011 11101110 10011010 00110011 11111010 00111010 01100010 00101010 100101010 11111100 10101010 01101110 11111010 10111100 10111110 100111110 10101010 10111110 11101010 11111010 11101100 1110110010 101000110 111011010 10101110 10101110 11101110 11111010 11111010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; thee, as, my are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Epimetheus, Or The Poet's Afterthought. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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