This is an analysis of the poem Hint To The Poets that begins with:
Brother Bard! if dream thou nourish,
Thro' new fancy or new truth,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXeXe XfXfghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101110 1110111 10101010 1111101 10101010 110111 11111010 1110101 11101100 1010101 11101110 0010101 111110010 10010101 10111010 0010101 11111010 1010101 10101010 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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- summary of Hint To The Poets;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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