This is an analysis of the poem Desire that begins with:
Soul of the leaping flame;
Heart of the scarlet fire,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef aaaa gXgg Xhah gaga didi ajaX fdfd ejej kdkX ldbd jljl lflf fXfX lXlm dbdl fnfn fmfm mfmfX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101 1001010 101111 1001010 101111 100111 1000111 100101 101101 100111 100101 100101 101111 100111 1001001 100111 100111 111110 100111 110111 100111 100111 1001001 100101 100101 100111 110101 100111 100101 100101 110101 101111 100101 100101 110101 101110 100101 111011 100101 100101 101101 110101 100101 110101 111111 100101 100101 100100 1101001 100111 1111010 100101 100101 100101 100101 100111 101111 110111 101111 100101 100111 111110 101111 1001010 110101 100100 1001001 111001 110101 110100 110111 100101 110101 100111 110101 100101 110101 100101 100101 100111 110100 111101 101111 101101 11000100101011 010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 86
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, and, his are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase eyes connects the lines.
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- summary of Desire;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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