This is an analysis of the poem The Origin Of Flattery that begins with:
WHEN Jove, in anger to the sons of the earth,
Bid artful Vulcan give Pandora birth,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXcddddeeddffccgghhcciiddbbdXjjhhbb eeXXddbbkklliikkccddkkeXffhXXlmniijjnmdddXoonnXbbddkkkeelleeeeddcckkddhhddeeddkkddhhjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,86,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010001001 1101010101 1101011101 10101010101 0101111101 1001010101 11010010101 1011010101 1011010111 11011111011 1011010101 0101010101 1101000101 1101010101 1101011101 01010100101 1111010101 11001010111 0101011111 0101100101 1011010101 1101110101 0101010101 1111110101 1101010111 1101010101 1101001101 11001000101 1111110111 1101110101 1011010101 0101110100 11110100101 1100101101 0101010001 11110010101 1101010101 11111100111 0111000101 1100010001 0101010101 11010101001 0110010101 1011010101 1100010101 0111110101 1101010101 1101110001 1101010111 1101010101 1101010101 0101000101 1101010101 111010001 1111010101 11011000101 1101010101 11010101001 0111110111 1111000101 1111010101 11010101010 1011010101 1011011101 1101110101 1100100101 1101000111 11010100111 11010101010 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 1011010101 10010010001 11010100101 11011000010 1101000101 0111010101 1111110101 01001010100 11010010111 0101010111 1011010001 1101010111 1101010101 1111010101 0101010001 1111001101 1101011101 1101010101 11001010101 0101110101 0101110101 1111010101 1101100011 11011010101 1101110001 0101010101 1101110101 1101010101 0011011101 11011111001 1101011101 1101010101 1101010101 1101101101 1101010111 0101010101 010110001001 0101010101 0101010001 1101000101 0101011101 11100010101 0101111101 11110000101 1101010101 1001111101 1101010101 11011100101 11101110101 11010111001 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1786
- Average number of words per stanza: 309
- Amount of lines: 123
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, or, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, and, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Origin Of Flattery;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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