This is an analysis of the poem Proem. To Myth And Romance that begins with:

There is no rhyme that is half so sweet
As the song of the wind in the rippling wheat;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXXeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101110111 101001001001 10111111 10100110111 10100101101 1011100101 00110110111 111100101 10100111110 111101011 0011011101 1101111011 101101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 566
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Proem. To Myth And Romance;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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