This is an analysis of the poem The Ideal.From Schiller that begins with:
So wilt thou, Faithless! from me sever,
With all thy brilliant phantasy?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcd edXdfeXe XXeg egeX hiaiaeae cjcjXdgd dfdfebeb ejej hXhe eheheXek kbkbgfgf klklabab XjXj ekek amamXbeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111100110 01110100 011111010 11111101 11010101 110111110 01110101 110001010 10101001110 11110111 1101001100 01010101 11010101 010011010 010011001 111111010 1101010100 11001100 110101110 11110111 101101110 11010111 010101010 10111110 110010101 01010111 111111010 10111101 111101010 01010101 110101110 01001101 01010101 01010001 101100001 01111111 1100101100 01010101 110111100 11011111 1101010010 01110101 010101010 01010111 011111010 01011101 100101010 01000101 110101010 11010101 101101010 01110111 10110101 110111100 11111111 111101010 110011110 111100111 1101110010 110101 100101010 100101011 1101001110 10010101 011101010 11010111 111101010 00110001 110101010 11010101 111101110 010101001 110101010 01010101 111111010 111101001 110100110 10010101 1101101010 11010101 1101011000 11000101 101101100 11001111 110111010 11010111 111101010 11010111 110101010 01010001 1001010010 01010101 10101100 11111111 11000101010 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 96
- 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; or, how, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Ideal.From Schiller;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Lady Jane Wilde
- Analysis of Hymn To The Cross. Savonarola
- Analysis of Cassandra. From Schiller
- Analysis of Thekla. A Swedish Saga. The Temptation
