This is an analysis of the poem The Troubadour's Lyre that begins with:
Sing low, my precious lyre, low in each string,
Thou wast not framed for exaltation's burst,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc ddecXebe eXXa fb dbfebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011011 1111110001 1101101101 1111110111 1111110101 10110111001 11111110001 10111100111 110011110011 1011110101 01110001001 1111100111 01111101001 01010100111 11011111110 1101011101 1111010111 1101110101 1111011101 1011010001 0101011111 1110111101 1011111101 1001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; low, sing, and, for are repeated.
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- summary of The Troubadour's Lyre;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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