This is an analysis of the poem To An Aeolian Harp that begins with:

The winds have grown articulate in thee,
And voiced again the wail of ancient woe ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111010001 1101010101 1101010101 0101010111 0100101100 1101011111 0001010111 1001010101 1010010001 0101111111 0101010101 0101110011 0101000111 1111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of To An Aeolian Harp;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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