This is an analysis of the poem Introit : Iii. The Tree Of Knowledge that begins with:

In the dusk I again behold
Figures of knowledge divine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaccacadc eeeefafadedg ahahfafaicicaBjbjbek Balael bmbmbdbd jbkbdXedeeffg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,20,6,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110101 1001001 0100101 100101 010101 010101 0101001 110111 110101 10100101 10100111 1101001 1010000 1101011 1001001 1100101 110111 1010001 10011001 11111001 10100011 011101 1100111 011111 01100101 01111101 001101011 01011001 0111011 11001001 00101011 10101011 101001 10100101 0010101 0010101 111011 0110101 111101 001010100 111101 1001101 100101 01101001 1100100 111101 010111 1011101 1010111 1101001 11110101 1101111 01111111 1110101 01001001 11110101 10111011 1101011 1100111 1110101 11001001 1110100 101010001 1010101 11101001 1001001 1010101 0101001 00110001 1101101 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, and, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Introit : Iii. The Tree Of Knowledge;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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