This is an analysis of the poem Janus that begins with:

IMAGE of beauty, when I gaze on thee,
Trembling I waken to a mystery, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc dXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011111 10011000100 1111110111 11010101001 1001011111 1101110111 01110101010 01110101010 1101110111 0101011101 10111101100 11010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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; is repeated.

    The author used the same word image at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Janus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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