This is an analysis of the poem Human Knowledge that begins with:
Since thou readest in her what thou thyself hast there written,
And, to gladden the eye, placest her wonders in groups;--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXXaXbaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100011101110 1010011001001 110010010110011110 1111111001011 100100101010010 11110111001001 10010101111010110 10010011001001 101010011010010 110101011101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 650
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, her are repeated.
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- summary of Human Knowledge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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