This is an analysis of the poem Book I - Part 04 - Nothing Exists Per Se Except Atoms And The Void that begins with:

But, now again to weave the tale begun,
All nature, then, as self-sustained, consists ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdbefgeahiicjkekfjlealemabcdkaceab fXXhdcnbkbbhjldXXedcbmmcckgfelbnXedccba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,39,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010110 1101110101 0101010101 0111111101 1101001101 1100010101 0101110111 1010100001 1101110101 1100010101 11111111001 1111010111 10110111101 0111011101 01100010101 01010101110 0110011101 0100110111 0101010101 0011010111 100100110010 0101010101 1101101111 1111010001 01100011001 11011101010 1101011110 1101010101 11001110111 01001110011 1001010011 0101011101 1011010111 1101110001 11001001111 1111000111 1111001101 0100011111 10100110001 0101010101 10011001011 00110101001 10000000101 11010010011 1011111111 1111110101 1111001100 10101100111 1101110101 11011111010 1111011101 10001010101 111111000100 010101000111 0101111111 00111010101 1001110011 0111010011 0100011101 1111010100 1100011011 0100110001 1110110111 01111101001 1011110101 10010010101 111001011 0101110101 01011100101 11100100100 11110111001 11001100110 1100111101 11001110001 1100010101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1638
  • Average number of words per stanza: 290
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; of, to, and, what are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words naught, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Book I - Part 04 - Nothing Exists Per Se Except Atoms And The Void;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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