This is an analysis of the poem Innermost One that begins with:

He it is, the innermost one,
who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab bca XacX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001011 10101100011010 1001100100111 11001101011 0101001011 10011010010 01010101110111 111110101 11110111 111101 100101111101001 01001010010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, many, in are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Innermost One;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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