This is an analysis of the poem Echo Song that begins with:
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Who can say where Echo dwells? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bXXXbbcc X dXadddcc X eeeeeecc X bffXbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1111101 0110110 1011111 1010101 111101 101 10 10 1 1000101 1001100 1011101 1101101 1011111 101 10 10 1 1011101 101111 1111101 10001101 1010101 101 10 10 1 1011101 11101001 1111111 1110100 1011111 111 10 10
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; echo, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word echo is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines echo is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase echo connects the lines.
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- summary of Echo Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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