This is an analysis of the poem The Initiation that begins with:
UNDER the flaming wings of cherubim
I moved toward that high altar. O, the hour! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcac dedfef ghgbhb ijidjd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001010100 110111101010 1011100101 1100011011 01110100110 11001110000 1011101011 11001000100 1100110101 1101110111 11010111001 11111100101 1111111111 1111110101 1011111101 11000010101 0101010101 0101010001 1111011111 1111111101 1111111101 1111011101 1101010101 1101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
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- summary of The Initiation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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