Hymn Of Pan by Percy Bysshe Shelley: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Of Pan that begins with:

FROM the forests and highlands
We come, we come;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXababcaX dedeXXXaaffX agagXXhchhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010110 1111 0010110 11111 10001110 010011010 0110101 01101010 01001001 101001001 01101101101 10001110 1010110 111101 01011110 0100101 1011110 010011011 10100111 001001101 10100101 1110101110 01001111010 01001110 1100101 1100101 101010101 111111 1111110 1011010100 1010101101 1111110101 0101101111 111111111 01011111011 101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, of are repeated.

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

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

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