This is an analysis of the poem Celestial Music that begins with:

I have a friend who still believes in heaven.
Not a stupid person, yet with all she knows, she literally talks to God....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacd cXecbab efXXdXa gfXgechX cXcbiXhaXgie
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,7,8,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101010 1010101011111000101 111110010 11101000100 1110010100 11010101000110110100 0111101011100010100 1101010111 011111001010111 0100101111101 1001110111101 0101 111111101110101 1010001001101011 10010010 11101011101 111010 110101010101 011110101001010 011111001110 1011010101 11011111011101010 1111111110 10110110001 11100011 100110110 10010100011001 001001110100110011 010101011010 001011000101 1111010101 1110100010101010101 111100110110100110 100010100 1101001010111001010 10110100101 10111101101100 0010111 0101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; she, to, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

    The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Celestial Music;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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