This is an analysis of the poem Listen My Friend! In My Rapt Ecstasy that begins with:

Listen my friend! In my rapt ecstasy, I saw the matchless one!
You should have seen him; he was sweeter than the nectar of immortality!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXaA XXcA dXcbA ceA XefA dXffa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,5,3,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011100110101 1111111101010010100 01010111001111 1101001110000 01100110010 1011011100110101 011100010011010 00101011010 1111001011100010 1011011100110101 00101001000010001 011000010001 10100100001001100110100 1101111001000 1011011100110101 1010001010110110100 101101110011011 1011011100110101 010010100001100001 010101001010100 110011 1011011100110101 11111010100001 0100101110010010 00010101001 1110100101011 011100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in, he, my, and, friend are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bhakti is repeated).

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

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

  • summary of Listen My Friend! In My Rapt Ecstasy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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