This is an analysis of the poem The Mystic Trumpeter that begins with:
HARK! some wild trumpeter--some strange musician,
Hovering unseen in air, vibrates capricious tunes to-night.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cdb XefggXab daXdcfXdX fh digjklfkgd Xggmm dbhfnhcXom XfbcifjppqiX Xokdqinfaffcbb Xbqld gcbddXd dbdeXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,8,9,2,10,5,10,12,14,5,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110011010 100010110010101 111100100011111 11010101011 1101100101 1101001100110 11010101101 110101010101 110100100010 11010110110101100 101 11011111110101 111101 11001111101 1111011101 010101010100101 01010111011 11010101010101 11010111010 1101111001011010 1 10110011011 1011001111001 1011010101 1111011101011 10110111101011010 100110 111100111010010 1 1101001100100101010 101101010 110101011101 110100110010110101 11011001100111 10110011111 1100101010101010 1101010100101 0101110111 1101111001010101 110010101011 110110010101111011 101 01010101010 1101011111011101 11010101011111 1 110111110111111 110101001001 11011101110111 1011001011100 101101001110101 110111011010101 0101 11011100110101010 111010001 11011101011101100 101 0101010101011011 1 111100111011110110 10001 110010111101001101 11111111010100 10 11110111011 11001110111 1100101010101000 11 11010001101010011001 11 1101000010001010101 110 1001011111010100 1101010101010001 1001010001 11001111 1001011101 1011010100111 111101111100010 1111010011 1101010101 0101110011 10010011000010011 1001010101010111 011101001111 101101010011111 10010100101 110100101111011 1 010101010111 1101010110010001 0101000101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; i, see, love, all, and, that, of, thou, joy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, i, love are repeated.
The author used the same word blow at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love, last, joy are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words love, joy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases mine, joy connect the lines.
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- summary of The Mystic Trumpeter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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