This is an analysis of the poem Inscription that begins with:
SMALL is the theme of the following Chant, yet the greatest--namely,
One's-Self--that wondrous thing a simple, separate person.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXXXbaXX XaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001001001101010 11110101010110 1101001111 1101000101011111000 0111010101011101 0101001011100011 1 1110101111010010 0111 11111010100110101 111011110101000111 110010100111101 11011101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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- summary of Inscription;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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