This is an analysis of the poem Genesis Bk I that begins with:

I
(ll. 1-28) Right is it that we praise the King of heaven, the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdeXffeeggchiXaXc ichbcbiifciaXi bibiiiijcecfcbgjXXbiXdegi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,14,25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111100111010100 10111101111101 0100101010101010 1011101010101100 0101010010011010010 10010011110010 101001011101010 1110101000101010 101000101011111 110010101011111 01010100101010 100101111110101 10111001111110 10111101010101 10010101110111 110101101001011 1010011011111 010100101011001 11111010101011001 1001011011101001 11011101101010 01010010110100110 10111101100111 111101010011010 10001111101011 101011000011101 0101011111010100 01011110101000101 110110101101 11110111011011 10101000111110 1010011100111 1111011101110 10110011110101 11010100101110 101001111010101 11010001111001 111011010101001 10101011010001011 1111100111000101 010010100111001 00101110101000 01001110100110 111010110111010 1000100101110101 0101001101010010 11101111110 1011010110111 110101011111101 01110101110111 1101010101010100 110001110101 11111111100010010 10101110101010 101101010101010 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 695
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, he, in, they, no, and, that, their, his, them are repeated.

    The author used the same word ll 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 of, and are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word god at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Genesis Bk I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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