This is an analysis of the poem An Aspiration. that begins with:

Music, with the tears in it,
Through my soul is ringing,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacXdddececfdfddddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100 111010 1110111 101010 1110100 111110 1111111 001010 1110010 101010 1010101 101010 1110101 101110 1110101 101010 1111101 001010 0110101 001010 1011101 101010 1010101 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 647
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of An Aspiration.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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