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

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Not far from hence. From yonder pointed hill,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefghcijhejXkjlbmXddXghnobjlcdhp l jcd a gqlepl l qmX a pXhfcfoghclXcddlfliklcbffqoqlqflggkjodlXfbfkdfddedfhdjqgllffXdjdjlgpjoXjXngcddjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,1,3,1,6,1,3,1,80,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0 1101010101 1001011101 0111011111 1011011101 1011011011 1001111101 1001010111 0111010101 0100010011 1001110101 1101010101 11011100101 0111100101 10001000100 1110111111 1011010101 0101010101 1110011101 1001011101 011110100 1101110101 0111010101 0101110101 1001010111 0101010111 1101010011 1001011101 1011001101 1100110111 0110011101 1101110011 1001010111 1101010111 0101010001 10 1101011011 110100101001 1101000101 0 000100101001 1101111111 1001011101 1011110100 0101100011 010101 10 1111 1011010101 1111100 0 11 0111101101 0101010101 0011010111 01001010111 11001100111 1011011001 1011010011 1101110001 1111010101 0111010001 011111100 00111100101 11010111001 1001100101 10110011101 0101010101 101100111 10110010111 1101010011 1101111101 01001100101 1101010011 1101010101 1001010101 10011101001 0001010101 11010010101 1101010011 1101010111 1101010111 10010001001 0101111101 01111101001 11011101001 1011010101 10110010001 01010111001 010011101 01010111001 10110101001 010100101 10001011111 0111110101 100101011 1111110101 1111010101 10011100101 1001011011 001101010010 1001011011 1011000101 1011010101 1101111111 0111110011 1011111101 1111100011 0101001101 1111010101 0101010101 10101110100 1100110111 1111001101 1110010101 1111011101 1101001101 01011100101 1101111111 1111110101 1100011101 1100010101 01110110101 010101010 1111011101 1110011101 1001110101 0111010111 1101010001 11001000101 01001101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 131
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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, i, their are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Orpheus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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