This is an analysis of the poem The Unknown Eros that begins with:

Proem
‘Many speak wisely, some inerrably:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXabXcbddaaeeffaabbggggXbg hb ifificbbb caagghjjffccXcj jkklbagaggllggiiallca llaagmgmlll nneeccgcgcbbllaall
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,26,2,9,15,21,11,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011011000 10011111110 11011 01001111111 1110 1111101101 101111111 11001 1101001101 1011 1101110001 1101010111 1100011 0101110001 10110101 1101110101 11010101 0111 0001110101 1101010001 1101110101 01010101011101 111101 0110011110 011101 110101010001 1010010100 111111 110111 11110100111 1101011111 1101010101 1011011001 01111101001 0001011101 0111111101 0011010111 1100010001 1111010111 010101 1001110101 1001 1101001100 1111001101 0101 1101 11010001001 11001001101 1101010101 11000 1101 1101010101 1111 0101110001 0101111111 1101 0110010111 0101010111 0100010001 110101 1101 01010010001 1000101101 010111 101001 0110011101 0010001 1101 1101 0111 011111 1011 10110010101001 111101 01001 1101011101 010111 111001011 1101 110111 1111 111111 101101 11010001001 101101 001101 0111 100101 1101011001 0111001101 11010101 01000101 010001 1101 1101 01011101 110101110011 01010101 11100101 1000101110100 01110111101 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 103
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, their, her, one, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the are repeated.

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  • summary of The Unknown Eros;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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