This is an analysis of the poem Self-Knowledge Xvii that begins with:
And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge."
And he answered, saying: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X X X X a b X a X X X X X a bXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111001011000 111010 111010010001101 111110101110 11101111111101 111011001010011 100111 01010101111111100001 10100110011001011 1110110110110 111010110011101 110011011000 1110110101101011010 1110110100101101011011001110 10110111 0111010110101101 010101101001010
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, your, you, soul, i, have, say, upon, not, found are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you, say, the are repeated.
The author used the same words and, you, say, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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