This is an analysis of the poem I Closed My Eyes To Creation that begins with:

I closed my eyes to creation when I beheld his beauty, I became
intoxicated with his beauty and bestowed my soul. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbXbXcdceeXdcXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100101110010101 01010001010111 10101001101101110 10100010101111 110010110111100101 01011111010101 11011110111101 1110011110100110 001 111010010011111 10011100111 101111010010011 11011101001110 01111110011101111 101101101 111001101011 101110010111110 1000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 947
  • Average number of words per stanza: 187
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, his, and, hand are repeated.

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  • summary of I Closed My Eyes To Creation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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