This is an analysis of the poem Vox Corporis that begins with:
The beast to the beast is calling,
And the soul bends down to wait; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXb AbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001010 1011101 101010010 011101 01001010 1110111 101001010 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Vox Corporis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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