This is an analysis of the poem The Minstrel; Or, The Progress Of Genius (Excerpts) that begins with:
THE FIRST BOOK (excerpts)
Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababbcbcc dedXeaeaa bfbffgfgg hchccdcdd ciciieiee hjhjjdjdd dkdkbhbhh eheXhlhll mdmddkdkk ajXjjfjfX hchcXacaa fnfnohohh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01101 1111110001 01110110101 11111100101 11010000101 1101010101 1101011101 110010001 0111011101 110001100101 11010001001 1100010001 1111000101 0100011110 1111011001 110110100101 01001001101 1100111101 111101110101 0101011101 1111010101 1101010101 1101110001 0101111101 1001010101 0101010001 1001010101 110111110111 1110110101 10110010111 0101010101 1101010101 1101100101 1101011101 1101001101 01011100101 111101010101 1101010101 1101000101 1101001101 11001110101 1111011101 1011010001 1101010101 0101010101 1111001110110 10011001101 1101011101 1101010111 0101011101 0111010101 0111010101 1111011101 1101011101 1101001110001 11110110101 100010001010 1101010101 1010010101010 1111110001 1101011101 111101101001 0101010001 1001001110101 1101000111 01110010101 0101010101 0101010110 00110100111 01001010101 0101000101 0101110101 1011011010101 0101110101 1001010101 0101010111 10110100101 11010101001 11010101010 0101011101 11010001010 111101001010 11010100101 110011100101 11011100100 0111000101 100111001001 0101110001 1111000101 10101011111 110101111100 1111110001 1001010101 1011110011 1111010111 11011100110 1011011101 1111110111 1111110101 010001110101 1111010001 1011010111 111000101001 0111110111 1111011101 01111111001 1111010111 1111010101 110011110001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 110
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, in, his, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Minstrel; Or, The Progress Of Genius (Excerpts);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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