This is an analysis of the poem Illumination that begins with:
Musing upon the mysteries of the flesh,
I am as some hierophant of old...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddc beedbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10010100001 111110001 1101010101 01001110101 01010111001 0100110101 1101010100 101100110001 1110111101 1111110101 01001110100 11010010101 11001110111 0100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Illumination;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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