This is an analysis of the poem Genesis that begins with:
In the outer world that was before this earth,
That was before all shape or space was born,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca Xccc dede fbfb cfcX fgXg hbhb baba bhbh hfhf bfbf cccc iiii cbcbXaiai
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 00101110101 1101111111 01011100111 0111011101 1011011101 1101111111 1001100101 1111010111 101101010 1111111011 1011111111 1111010011 0101011110 1111111111 111100100101 1111011011011 1011011101 11111000001 1101111111 1101110101 10111110111 1011111111 0100001101001 1001011111 00101010110 1111111011 0110001111 01001001111 1100110100 1100010111 100101100111 0011000101 1011101101001 1101110101 0010011010101 11010110101 1111110101 0001011001 1111010101 1101001101 1010111110 1101001101 1011111101 1100111001001 1011111101 11011001110 0110010101 01100101010 1110011101 01010110101 1101011111 111101101111 1111011111 00111110101 11111010111 001110111101 1011011101 1111010111 1101010101 1101110001 1111111111 110110111101 1101011001 11010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; before, and, all, that, of, or, nor, he, man are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words before, and, then, the, nor are repeated.
The author used the same words for, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase one connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Genesis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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