This is an analysis of the poem To Belinda that begins with:
WHEREFORE drag me to yon glittering eddy,
With resistless might?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba b c dc d X bc b d ed e c fcXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110110010 01001 1111101010 00101 0110101010 10111 1010101110 10111 111010011000 10101 11101010110 10111 1001101111 10101 1010101011 11111 01110111010 10101 1110101010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 42
- Average number of words per stanza: 7
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of To Belinda;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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