This is an analysis of the poem The Two Harps that begins with:
I tarried on the strains to hang
Outfloating from yon ancient trees;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXXaeafgfg fffffdfdhchceieijiji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 10001101 10110111 01000101 11000111 111100101 01010101 11010100 010101110 010111110 110111010 111111010 01011101 101100101 11110101 01110101 11111111 110101001 11010101 11010100 11111101 11010101 01111111 011100101 101111101 010111010 11010101 11110101 11110101 01010101 11011101 11011101 11000111 10011111 10010111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 657
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, from, thee are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, i are repeated.
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- summary of The Two Harps;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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