This is an analysis of the poem Sun And Flesh (Credo In Unam) that begins with:

Birth of Venus
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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefeghii adXijfiahfklefmf XniXceih ifokeXXakoia a X ppakbhfaXinXmekbXia X maiiiibqmjmiaeja h fngfhhbdaijrapaklhmlppm mXXaaoh fipihk X Xmiaahiimmaiiiflkproijbmoeraadnh mfjabhXlXmhhiihf X jb bXhoblXX n XXXXffXXXXXXXXqX h XeXXXXXX XibXXXXXXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,16,8,12,1,1,19,1,16,1,23,7,6,1,32,16,1,2,8,1,16,1,8,12,1,19,1,16,1,1,32,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 1 0101001011 1101100101 111110010111 101010110110 101111101 011101111001 110011011011 01100001101 11011110110 110110 111010011 001001011001 11110101001 1011010101011 11101101001 101001101011 100010101101 10110100011 110100110011 101001101 110101111011 10101001 101011000101 110011101110 1110101101 111010110 1110101000010 001110011010 01111011 01101001 11110010110 101110101 01111111011 01011111011 1101011111 101111111101 101101101 10101111000110 1100110110 01011101001010 1101100001010 011010101101 10101001101110 11001000110011 10100100111011 01010 1 101101010110 111010101010 10101101001 110101001101 1101110110011 1010101101101 011110001101 10111111100010 001001011100 11010100101100 110011010010010 101001111100 10011101101 11111100011 1100100101 001010001001 101101101000100 001110110 10111010110 1 01001111111101 11010111101 001111001010 100110101 1110010101010 00110100100110 10101010101 01110101 111111001010 0101111011 10111110010 01010000100011 101111001101 1001000101 0101011011 00100011001 011111011101 11110111 101010010010 101100010001 1000010100110 110011111111 1101111101 0100101011 10110111011 10110010001 101011011 01010010111111 1010100101 011010101001 111110100110 10101010101 11111111101 001001101101 010111001011 1111111000110 01010001010010 001100110010 00101101010 01001101001 11011111 0010100101100 111101101 110101010001 11001111001 1101111001 1001010010101 0110010010011 0101111011 010110001010 11101101010 01101001100101 00010001001 1 1100110110 1010010101 1100011010 110011010 100010110001 1011001110011 11101011111 10111111101 010101011001 11101101110 010101010010011 10110111001 101001011010 100110010110 10110101101 0110001011011 1011001110001 10110101010 11011001 1010101111010 000111010010 101001101101 01010101010101 1100001101 100100010001 11101110100 11001001001 1001010100011 11010010011 1011001001 10110001011010 11000100110011 10110101 011010001001 11010100111 0010011101001 0110110101 1011001011 10010100100 111010011 001111001100 1001110111101 0010110011101 0110111001 1001010101010011 010100010010 01111010101 0110011001001 01001 0111 1 001010010101 1101111 11101111111 11101101101 1101110111 01101101111 110101011010 01100001110 1111110 10000000000111 11101101010 110010110100 1110101110 1111010111 11101111101 1010111101 111001101100 101100111101 110100011011 10010101110 110111110010 111011010 11101101011 1110111101 111100101011 01111 1110110111 1010100100001 11111011001 11011011100 01100001110 11101101 11101111110 1101111111 110011111110 11111111010 1101011011011 10111101111 1111011110 11111111 1101110010 110101101 11110111110 10110111101 11101111110 010011110111 1 1111111111011 1010011110110 1011111011 11111111111 0110111111011 10110110111 11001011101 1100100111011 11100110001 01111111111001 1111001101 11011110100 111000101011 1011110111 110100110110 0110101101 1111111111100 111110110 111110111 1 111100111110 11010101111 1111000101100 11000010111 1110101110011 1011010010 10111111010 10010010111 111010101100 1001111011 11010101101 1010111101 110010101100 101001110010 0110011011 1010010110 010110110100 1 1100111010 1100101010 1101111111 1001110101 100010011110 110111111110 111011110 111110111111 110011101 1111110101 11111110110 101011110 111010111010 0111011011010 11011111111 0111011111 111001100111 1110011111 111011111 1101111111 111010101110 0111101100 100101101010 11000001101 10011110011 110110111001 110110100011 1100101101 1110101011 10101111 11111011010 10110011100 11111001 101111111 11011011101 111011111 111011100 11111011 1011101100 110111011110 1111111110 1111111111 1111111101 111011101 111111101110 100001011010 111110010111 11101101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 414
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 319
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, man, he, because, in, why, us, it, o, on, her, with, de, et, des, le, les, la, il, elle, dans are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, when, and, why, of, o, the, que, et, la, les are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us, vre, s, re, ros, e, vague are repeated).

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