This is an analysis of the poem Introductory 01 that begins with:

Laudation to the God of majesty and glory! Obedience to him is a cause of approach and gratitude in increase of benefits. Every inhalation of the...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ab a cdeX c edcc X fdgg h hdhXiece b dd hfXXi ibdi h XhbdXcdbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,8,1,2,5,4,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100001010011001000100100111010010100100001000101111001010001011010010010111001110010010101 11110100 010010100101 1001101011000101110110110 0010010010010 010010010101 11101000100 110100010 0100010101101001001101000100101000111011110101010001001011011110111001001111 110011010100100 1001101001 11110111 1100111100 110100001010110100101100100101010100100100100010110101111100100110111101001110101001001000101001001010101010101010101101 1111111001 1110111110101 111101010100 00010010010011001 10001000100101001010010101000010000101001110010000101001000101101011 1000011010 100010100100101 110010010010011010 1100100111110010 101100010010 1100101010 10110100 1010011110100 00100101001010110010101001001001000101010111110110101000110010001111011011110100110101101111101011101001110101 101010011001 0101010111001 110110001010001001 01010011011111101 01000010011011101 01000101100101011 1111110001 0111110010 1110101011111 01010110010 1111001 10001111010100010101011001001001011111110111100010110100111110011111001001110101101001010110101110111101111001001001010111111101011 11001011001 01011011111 1010110000101 011101101101 1111011010100100101010 011011011111111 0010010111101 1111110110000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 95 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, every, to, his, their, he, him, i, had, my, one, who, been, have are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Introductory 01;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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