This is an analysis of the poem Genesis Bk Xi that begins with:
ll. 442-460) Then God's enemy began to make him ready, equipped
in war-gear, with a wily heart. He set his helm of darkness on...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefXXfcgdd hhhiahbbbie jkXldlcdmldibf dgaikbhj idgjmadXkXX bciaabdnhiadbaafnX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,11,14,8,11,18,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111100010111001 0110010111010101 01101111000110 01011110010110110 11101010111010 1100101100011001 01011110111010 101010101110100 001010111010111 11001101010101110 1101011100010010 10010101010101000 100 11111011110011 10010101110101 10110101011100 110111011110011 01110111010011 110101111110001 1101111111110001 1110101111010 10011011010001010 1111101011101011 11 11101011110110 11110101100101 110011110110001100 111100111011000 11101111111100 11111011110110 1011101011111010 101100110110110 1011111011010111 010100011101110 10010110101110 1110111010111 100101001010101010 101010101 1111011010101010 1011100011111110 1011111010100111 0111111101011 1010011001101111 11111011011011 111010001010111 01010101 11110010011111001 110111111110 10101000111110 10110011001010 101101110101010 1010101001010101 100100010111010 101011101000101 0101111111111 101111101011110 010100 111110101101111 110110111100010 11111110001011 01001011111101 1000101110001111 111000111010110 1011111011101 1111111100010101 1101011111111110 111011111101011 101111111101010 111011111101000 10110111111111010 111110111011110 10011011111111 101010110011110 01111010111010 101000
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 757
- Average number of words per stanza: 143
- Amount of lines: 75
- 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; his, he, of, and, fruit, that, thy, thee, sendeth, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word ll at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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