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

Monarch of the realms supernal,
Ranger of the land and sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXccc cdedXfef cbebcghg hXXdheee afafffff gXcceedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001100 1000111 10001010 1110111 10101010 101000111 10111010 1110101 11101010 1010111 101101010 10011101 1111011000 1011101 110101010 1010101 11101010 1011001 10001010 0011101 111001010 11010111 10101011 11101001 100100100 1010111 101011000 10010101 10111010 1110101 11101010 1110111 11010101 1000101 110010101 110010101 11010101 10010101 11010001 010111001 11010101 110101000 01011001 010010101 01110101 01000111 11110111 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o'er, over are repeated.

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  • summary of The Eagle;
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