This is an analysis of the poem The Greater Self that begins with:
This came to pass. After the coronation of Nufsibaal King of Byblus, he retired to his bed-chamber—the very room which the three hermit-magicians of...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X X X X X a XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 01011001010010010101010011001011011001000101111111011010101100100011000110110010010 1001111110100101010101101010101110111100110110 101011010101111110 101101001101010010 10101110101110111010 101110011010010011110 10101110101001111010 101110011010111110 101011101011011110010 101100111100 01011101111110110100110010111 101011010001011000010 1011110110001011111011
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 112 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 20
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, he, man, king, his, to, said, you, upon, naked are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines king is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word king at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Greater Self;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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