This is an analysis of the poem Ignoto that begins with:

I love thee not for sacred chastity.
Who loves for that? nor for thy sprightly wit:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdededff gghXXXgghXXXiXaa jjcaXekkiiikkll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,16,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110100 1111111101 1111111100 1110100101 1111110101 110100010 1111111111 1101011101 1100110100 0111110101 1111111101 11111001111 1111011101 001110111 1101101101 11010110100 1101010100 1001001100 11110111001 01110001001 1101010111 1011010100 1101111111 1110010100 1101111011 10111111000 11111111110 1011111110 1111111011 11111101001 1101010101 0011010100 11110111100 0101111101 1011010101 1111000111 1101111111 1111101111 01110101101 1111011101 1111001101 1101010110 1101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 608
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; for, thee, i, thy are repeated.

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  • summary of Ignoto;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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