This is an analysis of the poem Miranda's Song that begins with:
Ye elves! when spangled starlight gleams,
That flit beneath the ray,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb cdcdebeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 110101 11010101 111101 111011101 010111 11010111 110111 01010101 011111 111101101 010111 11010101 110111 110111011 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Miranda's Song;
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