This is an analysis of the poem Paradise Lost: Book 01 that begins with:

Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste ... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 798,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 35313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6007
  • Amount of lines: 798
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; of, and, thou, from, in, his, to, be, our, or, this, on, they, their, with, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, as, and, here, their, a, or are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Paradise Lost: Book 01;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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