This is an analysis of the poem On Being Human that begins with:
Angelic minds, they say, by simple intelligence
Behold the Forms of nature. They discern ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXdXd Xeae abab ffXfgcfc cfXffccc XhXhXcgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111100100 0101010101 1000010010100 1101100101 010001001100 11011100011 110011010100 110001 011001110100 01001101101 010110010100 01011011101 1101101011100 0101110101 011110010101 110111 110101110100 1011010001 010101110100 11011011101 010101010100 10110100101 010101110100 110111 010001110100 11111100111 0111001011100 0110010111 110101010100 11010111001 1101010010100 110111 110111010100 11110101101 100101111000 1100101010010 110101010100 0100011101 010111000100 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.
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- summary of On Being Human;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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