This is an analysis of the poem Until Bliss Becomes The Thirst that begins with:
In phase one,
Life began....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXbca dbbeea Xbecfcfc XbdeeXe cc CCCCCCFG CCCCCCFGXCCCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,8,7,2,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 101 1010010 011 10110 10100110 0010111 011 0101010010 1010010 10011001000 10101011010 010100001010 1011 0010100010 0011010010 1010010010001 1010111010100 010110101 10111001 0111011 11 11010101 11101101 0010100010011 110100101001 00101100011 10000101001001 110110110101 1101110010001 0110101 101011101 0110101 101011101 0110101 101011101 101110 010101 0110101 101011101 0110101 101011101 0110101 101011101 101110 010101 0110101 0110101 0110101 0110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word until is repeated.
The author used the same words in, until 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 thirst is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word teach at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Until Bliss Becomes The Thirst;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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