This is an analysis of the poem To The Poet that begins with:

In different clearness of rays,
In addling amalgam of visions...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb Xcac dXdc baba abXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001001 010010010 11110111 001101010 11010001 110101110 01110101 100101010 0101101 01111101 10100111 010100111 11110101 01110101 01001101 11010101 1101011 000101010 1111101 111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, it, s, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To The Poet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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