This is an analysis of the poem Wisdom that begins with:
Wisdom immortal from immortal Jove
Shadows more beauty with her virgin brows...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xababacacadede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001000101 1111000101 1001010101 1110110101 1101110101 0101011101 0111011111 0111011111 1111011101 1111010101 1011110111 1101011101 0101101101 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Wisdom;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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