This is an analysis of the poem Oh Man! that begins with:
Man hath harnessed the lightning;
Man hath soared to the skies; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXb bbcbXdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 111001 101111000 101011 1011110 1001001 10010111 100011 0101010 010101 10100101 1001001 11001010 111101 11011101 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words man, his are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Oh Man!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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