This is an analysis of the poem The Epiphany that begins with:
Deep in Sabea's fragrant groves retired,
Long had the Eastern Sages studious dwelt,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacbcddbbeeff aaagagffeaaeeegg cXeeaaaabX hhiijj XXgcgcXeff iiaaaajj ggXbkffklblb Xeeffefff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,16,10,6,10,8,12,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101010101 11010101001 11010101010 1111101001 01001010101 11010101001 0101001101 01010101 11110100101 110011100101 110100101 0101110101 1111110011 111111111101 101011101 1010010111 1011010111 11010101 010101 110111111101 11011101 11010101 1101010011 11010101 0011000101 11011111 11011111 11110111 01010111 110101010101 11010101001 11110011101 0111101 1011110101 1101011 010101 101001110101 0101100101 01011111001 1011011110010 0101110101 101110100101 01011101 01001010101 10110101 11110010110111 01010101 1101010101 11110101 01010011111 10011001 01010101 1110111010 1101111101 110010010111 010101010101 010001101 01110111 1101011101 11001010101 101010111101 01011001 11011111001 1111011111010 1101000101 11010100101 1111010101 10010101 01110101 11010101 11111111 0101101010101 10110011 11010111 11010101 101101101101 110111110 01110101 1111011101001 11010101 01011101 0101111101 11010111 11010111 1001011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, their, they, mourned, of, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, they, the, of, what are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Epiphany;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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