This is an analysis of the poem Some Blind Eidolon that begins with:

Longer ago than Eden's oldest morn,
Ere beast or man was born,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaBbaB ccbDdbD XXXEefE dbaXdaX bbXEeXE XXfGgfG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110101 111111 1111 01100110101 011010101 11010010101 01100110101 1101010101 100001 0111 0111011101 11010101001 1101010101 0111011101 1111111111 0111100 0111 0101110101 010110001 110101101 0101110101 1111010111 100100 0111 0101010101 0100111001 10101010101 0101010101 1101010101 110101 1101 0111011111 110110011 1101010111 0111011111 11001000110 111101 11001 11010100101 1111000101 1001010101 11010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, us are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, or, the, what are repeated.

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  • summary of Some Blind Eidolon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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