This is an analysis of the poem Book I - Part 03 - The Void that begins with:

But yet creation's neither crammed nor blocked
About by body: there's in things a void- ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadcefXeghcifbccbebhiiabijhigdeijbiidXbibaickbilbfieebeXacXgbbcibbhadiklkkibXcXi aifXbXhjcbilaakadhhha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 82,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111010111 0111010101 10110111001 1011110001 0101000101 1101010101 1101000111 1001110101 1101000111 1111111101 1111011111 1111110101 11110111010 1101010101 0111111111 1101011101 0111011110 1001111101 1111010101 1111010101 1111010101 01110100101 1101111101 11111100111 0101110101 0111010101 10001011111 1101010111 10001111001 11001110011 1111110011 1111001011 0111101101 010011011001 0100010110 1101010101 0111011101 0111010101 110010001000 11110111110 0110000101 101010010101 1111010101 1111001001 01100010001 010010001 11 1101010001 1101010101 1001011101 1011010101 0011010111 1101010101 0101010101 0111010101 1101011101 1111110101 0101010110 1111010101 1101010101 1101010111 11001110001 110110010101 1101100001 1111010101 10110011110 10001010111 0111011101 111100101001 1111011111 0111110111 1101010101 11001010101 1110010101 1101011101 1101011101 1110010101 11001010111 0111110101 1101010001 10001011101 0111100101 11111101100 1101010111 1101111111 0111010110 1111010101 1101011101 0101010111 1101011001 1110011101 1101011101 011010001010 1111101101 1111010001 0111010101 11001110111 001101011001 1111110111 0111011001 0101111111 1101110101 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 401
  • Amount of lines: 103
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nor are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines before is repeated).

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  • summary of Book I - Part 03 - The Void;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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