This is an analysis of the poem Extracts From An Opera that begins with:
O! were I one of the Olympian twelve,
Their godships should pass this into law,--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefagh Xccdd Xiihh XjjcX i iKXKfKfKXKXKdKdKgKgK hXbkjdhljl i XdDdd XbDhd Xgkgk XXcfX bcjefXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,5,5,1,20,10,1,5,5,5,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10110001001 110110001 1101110101 101101101 1111110101 1111101111 1111010111 0111010101 111101010010 01010101001 1 010011 111111 101111 1110001 1 11001001 1101001 100101 111101 1 111111 1111111 110101 111101 101 110101010 101101 11101010 101101 1011001 101101 1011001 101101 1010110 101101 1111101 101101 10101010 101101 10101010 101101 11100010 101101 11111010 101101 1111001101 01010101000 0101110101 0110101111 1101011111 1110110101 1101010101 0101010101 111101011 11010000101 1 1 01010001 111101 11110101 110101 1 01010001 111101 11110101 110101 1 010100010 1110101 110100010 111101 1 110110101 1010111 10100101111 0110110 0111010111 1111111101 11111010111 1111000101 1101111101 1011001101 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; more, i, may, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, perhaps are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word unheard at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Extracts From An Opera;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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- Analysis of Staffa
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