This is an analysis of the poem The Preface that begins with:
Infinity, when all things it beheld
In Nothing, and of Nothing all did build,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcddaebXffbbddXghheeeebbffXaiibbjjgXccbcbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100111010 0101010101 0111110101 1101110011 1101000101 1101010111 1101011101 1101001101 1111000111 0101110100 1101010101 1011010101 1101001101 1001010101 1101110101 0111111101 111101110100 1101010001 1100110111 01001010001 0111010111 01001001111 1111010101 1111010011 1101010101 11011010101 1101011101 110111011111 1101011001 1101010101 1101010101 1111010111 1101001101 1101101101 1101010101 1111011101 1101010101 1101111101 0101100101 1101110000 1101011111 110110101 110101001 1011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1909
- Average number of words per stanza: 362
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, this, nothing, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, his are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Preface;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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