This is an analysis of the poem To Hope that begins with:
Oh! take, young Seraph, take thy harp,
And play to me so cheerily; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXABAcddcdedeffegXccggbhhAXABAihijhjccijXjkkllGDGDDgfgfhhGDGDD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 62,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 11011100 11011101 11111100 1111 11111101 11110101 11110011 11110101 010001011 01011101 11110111 01110001 1011 1101 11010101 111111010 11011101 11111111 110111011 11010101 01111101 11001001110 11010101 11011101 11110111 11011100 11011101 11111100 1111 01010111 11110101 01010101 011110110 11011111 110101110 11111111 01010101 11110111 11011111 1100101010 111100101 0101 1101 11111011 01110101 10110101 11110101 111111001 101010111 1101 010101101 01010101 01011101 01110101 11110101 01111101 10110101 11110101 111111001 101010111 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2159
- Average number of words per stanza: 392
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, another are repeated.
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