This is an analysis of the poem The Self Is Known To Everyone that begins with:

The Self is known to every one but not clearly.
You always exist....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbaXXXXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010011110 11101 0010011100101 01101001 10011111010010 1111101001 111010 11100010100110 11010110101011 0101100100001 0011001101 0110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 497
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, god, self are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Self Is Known To Everyone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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