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

BOOK I
With what attractive charms this goodly frame... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcddeXXfgceXadhadhhidcbhgihafd jkbjahgdgjgeXciiXheXaidk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,30,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 0101010101 0101000101 0101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1101011101 0100011111 1111010111 11010100101 0101000101 0101110101 11011010101 1101001101 1101010101 1011010101 1101000101 1111101101 0101010001 1101000101 1101010001 1101011011 01010001101 0101111101 0101000101 0011110110 01001100101 10101111101 0101110001 0101010111 01010010101 1111010101 0101010001 0101011101 1111010101 1101010001 1101000101 1101011101 01010101001 0111110111 0101010101 0101110001 11010011101 010101111010 10110010111 01001101101 0111101101 00101011101 0111010001 11011101001 0111011111 010010101001 01010010101 0101000101 001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 844
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the, than are repeated.

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

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

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