This is an analysis of the poem Adam that begins with:
On man, in his own image made,
How much did GOD bestow?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac aaaa dede fafa agag XcecXdada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001101 110101 01010101 111101 11010101 0111001 11000101 110100 11111101 010100 01011101 010101 10010111 110101 11010101 011101 01010001 010011 11110101 111101 111000101 110101 11010111 110101 11011101 110101 11010001 010001 11110101 010101 111000101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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 word his is repeated.
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- summary of Adam;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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