This is an analysis of the poem Book Eighth: Retrospect--Love Of Nature Leading To Love Of Man that begins with:

WHAT sounds are those, Helvellyn, that are heard
Up to thy summit, through the depth of air... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 69,28,13,62,168,25,27,86,19,8,15,12,30,30,7,20,48,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1529
  • Average number of words per stanza: 265
  • Amount of lines: 689
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length 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; and, of, her, to, they, all, in, sees are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines moved is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases far, power connect the lines.

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  • summary of Book Eighth: Retrospect--Love Of Nature Leading To Love Of Man;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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