This is an analysis of the poem The Pleasures Of Imagination: Book The Second that begins with:

When shall the laurel and the vocal string
Resume their honours? When shall we behold... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,18,42,13,24,15,19,32,33,22,21,8,33,60,35,49,21,34,21,21,49,6,8,28,8,16,9,103,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 202
  • Amount of lines: 770
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of, and, from, thy, his, to, all, as, he, nor, her, for, ye, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, than, or, the, nor, o, as, that, go, my, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words but, or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Pleasures Of Imagination: Book The Second;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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