This is an analysis of the poem A Song For St. Cecilia's Day that begins with:
FROM harmony, from heavenly harmony,
This universal frame began: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcdedXdcdaBabb FfefefffF Xghgijji iggi jbbbj kkglgl mmXhbeb mXglglhhddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,9,8,4,5,6,7,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01000100100 01010101 11010101 010101 111101 01011101 101111 11111111 01001101 1101001 01000100100 01010101 01000100 1101000101 010010101 1101010111 11010101 010010101 110011101 01010101 1101111111 01010011 11110111 1101010111 010110 01101 011010 11001 01010101 001001 11011 11111001 010101 0101010 0101010 11010101001 100101 110111010 10101010 10111010 1010101 111111 110111 010101 10100101 11111001 010101 100110101 11100111 100001 11010101010 10010101110 11011101 0101110 110 100100101 010101 1101101 010101 110111010 0100101010 01010111 01110101 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, double are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words notes, the 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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