This is an analysis of the poem Hermaphroditus that begins with:
I.
LIFT UP thy lips, turn round, look back for love,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXaXbbacXcdcd XeffegffgXhihih XbeebbXebcecece XcjjccjjcegXeeg X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,15,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1111111111 1111111111 0111011110 1011111100 11010110101 1011111001 1111010011 10110101101 110100101001 10011111110 110101111011 11110111010 01010011101 01011111010 1 1011111110 0111110101 1011011101 1001010010 0011100101 10010111001 1110011101 1101111110 1101011100 0101110101 1101110111 11010010111 1011110101 1101111100 1 10011111111 1101111111 101010101001 1101110101 1101111111 1111111110 1111110101 1111010101 0111111111 01010011010 1101010111 11110101010 10101110101 01110101010 1 1111001111 1100111111 11001110101 1101111111 1101110101 1111111111 1111111111 11010100011 1111110111 0101010101 1111000100 1011110011 1111110001 11101111100 1101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
- Average number of words per stanza: 101
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, or, love, upon, all, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, though, and are repeated.
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- summary of Hermaphroditus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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