This is an analysis of the poem The Birth Of Man that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b caXddaaXeafaeeag X hehXcDXXihjDgdbXaXcfiXXbhXXXXadgaXaXaXehdjXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,16,1,44,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100010 1 1101010100 0101111101 01011111010 1111010001 01010100001 01010100101 01010110101 10010001010 0101110111 0100010001 0101010100 1001010101 001000111 01001100101 01000011011 1111011101 1 10010100101 11010101001 11110100101 1101010100 0101110101 1011010101 0111100101 11010101110 11000101001 11010100101 0101011111 1011010101 0101001011 00110101010 0001010110 11010001000 1001010101 0101110110 1111010111 0101010100 1101110101 1101010101 10000101010 0101010110 0101111101 0111101001 0101010111 0101010011 11000101010 0101110101 1001010101 11001011111 1100110111 0001010111 1101010101 1101000101 1101110101 0101010111 0001010101 110010111010 1101010101 1101110101 010111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 508
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, ', and are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Birth Of Man;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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