This is an analysis of the poem From An Upper Verandah that begins with:
What happier haunt could the gods allot
For loftiest musing to sage or bard?—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcb dbdb abab bbbb ebeb aXab ababcbcb fb fb Xbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100110101 110100111 111101010001 11111001011 11010001111 1010110010100 11101100111 01111011011 111101111001 001101001101 1110110100 011011011011 11111001001 101001011011 110101101 11011011011 101100101001 11111101001 111011001001 101010011011 101101111111 10001011111 101001111001 111011011011 101111111011 111001111100 11001001001 111001011011 11101101011 1001001111101 111011011001 101001111011 101011101000 1110010111 101001001001 111011011011 11111001001 11101001011 10010011001 0111001011 1110100111 101111011011 101011101 0101011011
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; of, my, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, oh are repeated.
The author used the same word let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word yard at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of From An Upper Verandah;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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