This is an analysis of the poem The Aeolian Harp that begins with:
My pensive SARA ! thy soft cheek reclined
Thus on mine arm, most soothing sweet it is... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcdedfgefg eheibbgbadabgjacekcake XlalXXXlbeiagbcXgeaeXahjXXbflga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,22,31,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011101 1111110100 01011111100 0110101011010 1101010011 1101110101 11001110101 01001011100 1100110001 1011110111 0101000101 11010 101001101 11100101001 1101010101 11111100010 0111100111 1001011101 101011001 1001010111 1011010001 1111011111 1011010101 11001101010 1011110101 111110011001 1011011101 1111010101 01010111001 100111101001 1001100100 1011100111 1011010111 01010010100 1111110111 0101111111 1111111101 0101110101 1101010100 110010111000 1101010100 1011001101 11110010101 1111010011 11010101010 0101011001 11000111001 10111101001 1101011101 11110010110 111010111 11100011101 1101110011 1100010001 11111100100 11000100001 1011011111 111000110001 1101011101 00101001101 1111011101 100101011 0101110001 10011111001 11011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 933
- Average number of words per stanza: 163
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in are repeated.
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- summary of The Aeolian Harp;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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