This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Steel that begins with:
Yea, art thou lord, O Man, since Tubal Cain
Brought me into being, white and torn with pain- ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff eeaa gghh ddcc iijj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111111101 11001011101 1101110001 10010010101 1111101111 1101111001 1101010101 01001010101 1111010111 10111100101 1011110101 0101001101 1100011111 1111010101 10010010001 1111010111 1111011111 1111101101 1111110111 0111101111 11011101101 0101110111 0101011011 1111010101 1111110111 11110111001 10111101010 10111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; of, thee, and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- summary of The Song Of Steel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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