This is an analysis of the poem The Crushed Aspire that begins with:

O, MY Spirit, art thou vanquisht?
Is thy latest prospect gone?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bXXc XaXa dbdbXcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 0110101 11101100 1110101 11110010 1011101 101111100 10101010 11101100 1011101 101010100 1101101 11101010 1010111 10011010 1011101 10111010 0111101 10111110 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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