This is an analysis of the poem No. 51 that begins with:
To me that man seems like a god in heaven,
seems--may I say it?--greater than all gods are,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX aXaa cXbd dXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101010 11110101111 11111011010 10110 01110111010 1011010111 11110101110 11010 11110101010 11110111100 11110111111 10010 10100111010 10110100100 10010111111 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; my, leisure are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word leisure is repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of No. 51;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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