This is an analysis of the poem Unde Malum that begins with:

Where does evil come from?
It comes ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccXbcbXadbdXaefbcfXedbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 01 01 1101 1001 100100 011100 0101101 1010010 11101 01011010 1110101 0110 01001100100 0101010110 111001 0100011 101001 101010101 0111100 0110101 0110 10101001 110000 011100 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines man is repeated).

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  • summary of Unde Malum;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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