This is an analysis of the poem To A Familiar Genius Flying By that begins with:

Reveal yourself, anonymous enchanter!
What heaven hastens you to me?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd Xedf gehe heab hicX jhhX djih Xegh fbjf X XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,12,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100100010 11010101 1110110101 11111101 10111011 01010111 01110101 110010100 10111111 01010101 01011101 11010111 101111001101 11010100 110001010 01000101 1011111101 010101001101 11011101010 01010100110 0101100101 0111110011 0101010 11000101 011101011 0101010011 1001101010 01010100 111111100 10111101 01010101 100111110 11010101 11011101 11011101 110010011 1111111 11111111 11111111 1111111 111111 11111111 111111 1111111 11111 11111111111 11111111 111111111 111111 1111111111 11111 111111 1111111 111111 111111111 1111111 11111 1111111 1111111 11111 11111 11111111 11111 111111 11111111 111111111 111111 1111111 111111 1111111 111111 111111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 499
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 114 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, o are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word was at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To A Familiar Genius Flying By;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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