This is an analysis of the poem An Elective Course that begins with:

LINES FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF A HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE
The bloom that lies on Fanny's cheek ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccddee ffggggaahh hhaaXiffjj kXllaajjggiiXa ggXimmkkcc hhffXammhhee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,10,10,14,10,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010001010100 01111101 01110111 01010011 11111111 01001100 10010100 11001111 11010101 11110101 11011001 11111101 011100101 11000101 01010101 11010101 10010001 10011111 11110101 010101100 010111010 111101 10111111 101101100 01010100 01010101 1101001101 11111101 11110100 101101010 11011100 11011111 11000111 10010101 01110001 11010101 11110111 11001101 01111101 0111001 11011101 110100100 000100010 10101101 011101101 110001010 011101010 10010011 011100001 11010111 110111101 01000110 11011101 110011101 10010101 010111110 111001010 11111110 010100101 111111010 011101110 10110101 10110111 11111111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, that, to, i, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words enough, as are repeated.

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  • summary of An Elective Course;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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