Poem Analysis of Queen Mab: Part Iv. by Percy Bysshe Shelley for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Queen Mab: Part Iv. that begins with:

'How beautiful this night! the balmiest sigh,
Which vernal zephyrs breathe in evening's ear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Metre:
Amount of stanzas: 14
Average number of symbols per stanza: 828
Average number of words per stanza: 142
Amount of lines: 271
Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
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; so, and, its, from, of, to, with, his, in, not, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, whose, may, is, to are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase days connects the lines.

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Queen Mab: Part Iv. by Percy Bysshe Shelley: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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