This is an analysis of the poem The Origin Of Trades that begins with:

When with a skilful hand Prometheus made
A statue that the human form displayed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaXXaddbbeeaaeeeeffeeaagghhcciiaabbhhjjiibbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011001 0111010101 0100110111 1011010101 1101010101 11010010011 1101010111 001010101100 01011001110 1011010101 0101110111 0101010101 01011101001 0101110101 1011000101 11000101001 0111010101 1101110101 1111000101 1101110101 1110011101 110010111001 10001000101 10011101001 1011000111 1011011101 1111000001 1101011111 0101110101 11010111001 11010101101 1001111101 11001010001 11110100111 0100010101 01110100101 0101111111 1001110101 0110110101 0101011101 11010001001 0101010101 0101011101 0001010111 1101000101 1101010001 0101011101 1101110101 0101011101 1001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 382
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines found is repeated).

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  • summary of The Origin Of Trades;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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