This is an analysis of the poem Magic that begins with:

YE elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves,
And ye that on the sands with printless foot ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdcXeXabXdXXeXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110111 1111010101 11010101111 1111110101 11110110101 10011111111 0011110101 0101010111 11011011100 01011101001 11011101001 1101000110010 1110101101011 01110111000 1111110111 0111011101 110110101101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 825
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Magic;
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