This is an analysis of the poem Merlin's Song that begins with:
Of Merlin wise I learned a song,--
Sing it low or sing it loud,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcdecdede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 1011101 00100101 110001 11000101 0100111 1100111 0010010101 110101 10010111 110101 11110111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 407
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Merlin's Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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