This is an analysis of the poem Patriotism 1. Innominatus that begins with:

BREATHES there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaaabbccXXddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11000111 10111101 11110111 11011111 110010101 01111111 111101001 11010101 10011111 011101011 01100101 10110101 11010111 00110111 101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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  • summary of Patriotism 1. Innominatus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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