This is an analysis of the poem The Interrogatio that begins with:
The bright sun is hidden, the night shows its face
The night's hair is spread on shoulders of the earth...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bb XX aa cc aX de XX ed ff ff gg hf ii ff ff Xf ff gX gg cc ccXfh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101001101 01101110001 0110101011110 01010010101010 0101001100101 0101001000101 01100010010010 1100101110010 110111001001 11111001001 1101000010000010 110010001100100010 111001111101 1111011101010 111001111 1110001111 011101001010 011101010010 010111001110 0110111001110 101101010101110 101010110001011010 0010101000101 111001011001 0101010100111 11001101011010 010110100100011 10110001000111 1010010010110 1010110101110 110110111110 001111111110 10101010101001101 11101011001010110 110111010001110 10101110001110 10101010101010101 1100101001101011 11010010011101 1001010010100101 11010101010011 10010010111100001 11001100001 0101010010011 10101011101011110 111
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, me, also, that, in, there, for, constitute, or, world are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, is, does, are are repeated.
The author used the same words the, o, is, does at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mourning, also, heart, has, constitute, world are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words also, world at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase are connects the lines.
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- summary of The Interrogatio;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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