The Hymn Of Man by Khalil Gibran: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Hymn Of Man that begins with:

I was,
And I am....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC cddXefXcX XXgg fXfeeeX XXgffX hghagXccXABBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,4,7,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 111 111000101 111011 1110110001001 1010010100111 00100111 1011010010 1110000100010 110001001011 010100101010 011101001001 1010 110111101101 010101011001000 1000010110100 01000100 0111010001 111100111010 1010011111 010101100011 111001010101 0010010100101111 10101 11101010101 1001110010100110 001001110000 10010001 11111111111 11111 11101000100 10011001001010 1000100 11110110001 101111111110 10111111010 11111010101 0101 11 111 111000101 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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