This is an analysis of the poem From that begins with:

Sweet solitude, what joy to be alone--
In wild, wood-shady dell to stay for hours.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbb cbcbdedee fgfgggggg ahahhabaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110001 01110101110 1101010111 01110111010 11001101010 1101011101 01010101110 10010101011 0111011101 0101010101 0100011001 1101110101 11010010101 1001011101 0100010111 1101010101 1011010101 01111111010 01000111001 11110001110 1101110101 1101010111 11110100001 1111010101 10111110111 010101010101 111101101010 01010101001 10110001111 1111111111 1101001101 1101111101 1111011101 1111010111 10111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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, it, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of From;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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