This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Be Afraid, O Human Soul! that begins with:
The power thrones of today represent devil's affair,
the power-hungry monsters are busy playing there....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccbb aaddeeff ggcchhhhhh ffbbddbb iibbaaaaa jjeeaaaaff aaa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,10,8,9,10,3,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010100011011001 0101010110101 1001110111101 010001011011101 00101111001 01010010110010 100111001000110110 010110110001001110 0101110101100101 1101010111001 010000101100111 111101011011 0101000110101 1011000101011110100001 100111011111 011111011101 11100101111011 1110110010110101 00100110110101 011101010001011 011100101100010 01110101000010010 011011101101 11111010101 11010111111 011101111101 11100100101101101 00010010101110101 1011110100101 1101001011111 001101100110 110111011011010 0111001100110110 10100001101010010 111011110010 11001100011011010 11010110001000 01110111111010 1111000101111 11101011010111 1001111 1101000101 1010111 11101010110011 01010101010101 1101011001101 1001001011111 0100110010010101 0011001011010001 11110100101 0011011011011111 111110111111 110001001111 1111011110011 101101000111101 1001111 11010101 10001011 010011001110000100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 421
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; we, win, in, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, if are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Don'T Be Afraid, O Human Soul!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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