This is an analysis of the poem To---- On Her First Ascent To The Summit Of Helvellyn that begins with:

INMATE of a mountain-dwelling,
Thou hast clomb aloft, and gazed... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbbb cdcd eaea fefe XXXf cfcf aaXa bbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 1110111 001100100 1010101 10101111 1010001 11101111 1010001 10101111 1010101 10101011 101001001 10010010 1010101 11111010 1010101 10111010 1110111 001010010 1110101 10111100 0010101 10101010 1010101 11101010 10001101 001001010 1001111 01001010 1010101 101101100 1011101 101001011 1110111 11110011 0011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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