This is an analysis of the poem Eros that begins with:
Why hast thou nothing in thy face?
Thou idol of the human race, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeaX ffggaa bXhhaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110011 11000101 11000101 010010111 11110011 11000101 010100111 11010101 10011001 11010101 10010111 11010100 10110011 10110101 10111001 11110111 110011001 010100100 11011011 11110001 11010111 10011011 11110011 11111101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, of, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Eros;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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