This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Universal that begins with:
COME, said the Muse,
Sing me a song no poet yet has chanted,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc aXde fag Xgg fXh ahga Xb dac ibf cc iXX bdj babg fXk Xjb cbXX deXc jcceg dkfXc llll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,3,3,4,2,3,3,2,3,3,4,3,3,4,4,5,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 11011101110 1101010 001101 010100010101 0111010101 1001010 11001011111 111001011101010 10 111100101 10110101010 0101011100 10110101110 101100101010101 1000101101101 01011101 1011010101 100100010010 100100011 1001010101 101101011111010101 10111101 0011001011111 10011111010 10010101010 10010100010101011 1 01010101100101 100001010 10010101110 11010101001001 100101001 01000101 1111110011 1101010 0101010 001101010010 1011010111 01110101010 10110101 11110101111 01010101 110100 1010101001100100 1111101101 111001 01010010011111111 1 000110 01010101010001 1111110011 10111000010101011 1100001 11110100 1101100101 1001010101 01010101001110 1101010001000100100 11110111 111110110101 0101011010101101 0101010101111 110101010 0001 11010001 1100111101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, of, for, thou, all, give, in, it, dream are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sing, for, out, to, all, give, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all, dream are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.
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- summary of Song Of The Universal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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