This is an analysis of the poem Illumination that begins with:
Is it joy, or is it peace,
Senses' magical release,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghhhhaacciijjkkbbiihhjjhhiicciilliijX kXcckkeemmjjnnXciieejjggiiiihh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,30,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0011001 1010001 1010111 1110101 1000101 1110101 1111101 1010101 1010101 1010001 1101101 1011001 1110011 00100101 1010111 1010111 10010101 1000101 10110101 1010100 1110111 01010011 1010111 01010101 1110101 11010111 1110001 1010111 1010011 1010101 10100111 01010101 1010101 010011111 1001101 1110100 1111101 10001001 1111101 1110001 1111101 0010101 1010001 1010111 10101010 10101010 1110111 0010101 1000101 01001000 1010111 1010100 1010111 1100101 11100101 10111001 1101101 1010101 11001001 1010101 0010101 0110100 1011111 1111101 1001101 1110101 1000101 1111111 1011101 1000111 1011101 1111101 1010110 1011111 11010111 0010011 0010101 1110101 1010011 1110011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1204
- Average number of words per stanza: 220
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Illumination;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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