This is an analysis of the poem Unconscious Of Their Evils that begins with:

The only evil that is to come,
Is that evil done......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcBABddc ABcBAB DEFb DEFbGhGeh DBDCX HH DBDCXXHHHH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,4,9,5,2,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001 01101 1 011 010101001 01101 1001 110110 1011010 010101001 01101 1 011 010101001 01101 101 1100110 1101 00101 101 1100110 1101 100001 1010111010001 010101110 1010111010001 01010 01010 100 1111 1100 11110 01 0110 011110 100 1111 1100 11110 01 0110 011110 0110 011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, evil are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, people 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 evil is repeated).

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  • summary of Unconscious Of Their Evils;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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