This is an analysis of the poem On Imagination that begins with:
THY various works, imperial queen, we see,
How bright their forms! how deck'd with pomp...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabbbbccddbbeebbbbffggddddhhbbddhhiijjiiaadddbbddXXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 110010100111 11111101 11 1101010101 1101110011 0100100101 11010110101 0101000101 1101010011 1111010101 1111010101 1101010101 1101000101 0101011111 1101010011 1011010101 11001000101 1111010101 1101010101 0101010101 1001110101 1011110101 10110110101 11010101001 0111011101 0101111101 11110101001 11011010101 1001010101 1001010101 1101010101 1101111101 1101010101 1011111101 1101000101 0101011111 11010100101 0111001101 0011010101 1101110101 1101010101 1011010101 01011110111 0101110101 0111000101 10110110001 0110011101 11010101001 1101010101 1101000101 1001011001 11010101010 1101010101 1111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2341
- Average number of words per stanza: 402
- Amount of lines: 54
- 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; may, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of On Imagination;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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