This is an analysis of the poem To The Muse Of Poetry that begins with:

EXULT MY MUSE! exult to see
Each envious, waspish, jealous thing, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabbaacc ddeffe ccgghieeccjjaacc ggffgghi ccggjj ggfkfkccddjj ffhhkkccllXhjigggghh gghiggccffjj jjeXjjjjffaljabbjj ffgXih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,16,8,6,12,20,12,18,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 110010101 01010101 110100111 111111001 010110001 11010101 1001001001 10010111 01111101 11101111 011100111 01110111 10010101 1110001 10110111 11011111 10010101 0111000011 000100101 100101001 111101010 11010101 101101001 11010111 01111101 11100111 11101101 10111101 11110101 10010101 01111101 11000101 10110101 101101001 1101001001 110010111 11011111 11110001 0111010010 11110101 11010101 110111001 01010001 11011101 101110101 11010111 11010111 10111101 01010001 110100101 01000101 11111111 10010001 010010101 10010101 01110111 1101010111 11111101 01011101 11010101 01010101 1110001011 01010101 110000101 11011101 011101011 10010101 11010110 110010101 101010101 110101110 11011101 01010001 11010111 11010101 1001101 00110101 01010111 10111001 11100011 110010010 11010101 01010101 11010101 010100101 11010101 110100101 10010111 11010101 11010101 110100101 10111101 11010110 11010101 0100101001 11010101 101010101 100100101 110010101 01110101 110101001 01010101 010100101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 10110101 0100101011 0101001 11010100100 111111010010 110101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 426
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, of, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, and, each, still are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word praise at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of To The Muse Of Poetry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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