This is an analysis of the poem Eros that begins with:
As when untaught and blind,
To the mute stone the pagan bows his knee,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab abac dede aaaa baba bbcb abab dfdf ghgh ieie ejXj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111011 0011010101 1001100111 111101 110101 11110001001 1100011101 011100 1101001 1111010101 01111100111 110001 100111 10110011001 0100111111 010101 110101 1011111101 11001010101 100101 110101 11010100101 1010110100 111101 1111101 1101110101 1111010111 110001 111101 1101010111 1011000001 010101 110111 11111101110 1111101101 01001010 011111 1111010011 1101111101 011101 110101 0101010101 1101011101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, her, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, thou are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Eros;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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