This is an analysis of the poem Aspirations that begins with:
Oh! for pinions to bear me sunward,
Ever and ever higher and onward;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccbdeaabbffffffeeffggXfddd hhddXcchhbbddiibbfXcccddjbbffaaabbfff ddedXcgXbbXbbeeeffjkjkffhhhllaaaaamm ffgXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,37,36,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001110 1011010110 0010110101 100110101 101001011001 100100100 1011011001 1001101010 1001001011 100101101 110101001 110101001 1100110101 1111110101 10101001 11110111 10110011001 11110101 10101010 101111010 10010101 1010010101 11110101 1100111001 11011111 01010101 1110111101 11111101 0001001001 1110101 1011010111 11010111 101101001 10010110 1011001 1010101 1110100 1010101 1110111 1110111 1010101 1011101 1011101 1010101 1110100101 10011101 010110111 100101100 10110101 1110110101 01000100 1100111101 010110101 0111101001 00101111101 1111101101 1011111 111101111 111010101 1010101001 101110001 1010101111 0101110101 11110101 10110101 1010101 1110111 10010011 11111010 1101101 0011100 1011001 10010101 10010101 10111001 11011101 11010100 1010101 1010101 10111010 10101010 10101010 1110101 0010101 1010111 1010100 10100111 10110100 1111101 1011101 1110111 1011111 1011101 1111101 1010101 1110101 1011101 1010101 1011101 0011111 11011111 1110111 1110101 1010111 11101001 11110111 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 936
- Average number of words per stanza: 176
- Amount of lines: 107
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, i, of, away are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, past, all are repeated.
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- summary of Aspirations;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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