This is an analysis of the poem The Unknown God that begins with:
The President to Kingdoms,
As in the Days of Old;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcdefefefaf aagaabab edbdgdad ghbhaaaa gdgdXddX ababaaaa edidebXb ciciddXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010 100101 0100010 101001 1111010 111101 1111010 010101 1111010 011101 1101010 011101 1101110 110101 1101111 0101101 0101010 110101 0011010 111100 0101010 110101 1101110 111101 1101010 111110 01110101 011101 1111110 010001 1011001010 110111 1101011 110101 1111110 111111 1101010 1111001 1111110 111100 1101110 110101 1101010 111111 0111110 110111 0111110 011000 1101010 110011 1101010 010111 0101010 010101 11110010 110101 1111110 111101 0101110 110101 1111110 010101 11111111 110101 1101110 110101 1101010 100101 1111110 1101011 11110101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, not, i, with, where, in, soul, none, may, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, the, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Unknown God;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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