This is an analysis of the poem The Myth Of Innocence that begins with:

One summer she goes into the field as usual
stopping for a bit at the pool where she often...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdae ffXfgg gdgdd hc hib abd Xdijjdf ff dbeaaXbegji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,2,3,3,7,2,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100011100 101011011110 110101 0101101011 0110010010 0100011000 0110010101 1110100111 10101000110100 11100111 10010001 11011010001 11101101 1100111100010 101101011 0010101010 11101011 000110101010 10111001 110010110 0101110010 110101101 011101001 01001010001 1010111 11101100101 11010101 100101111 111111010 11111011110 0011101001 1101100 10010100 110010100101 101001 1100010 110110 101111010100 1110110101 11010011110 11110010010 10100010001 111101 10011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; she, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word then is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines prayer, ignorance are repeated).

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  • summary of The Myth Of Innocence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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