This is an analysis of the poem The Genesis Of Embarrassment that begins with:

When Adam first saw Eve he said:
'O lovely creature, share my bed.'... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXXccddXXeeXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 11010111 01010101 11010001 11110110 01000101 11010111 11010001 01010101 01001101 01010110 0101010 11110001 11010101 00110001 10111101 11010001 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Genesis Of Embarrassment;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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