This is an analysis of the poem A Pastiche For Eve that begins with:

Unmanageable as history: these
Followers of Tammuz to the land...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcXa XcaXaXd dXXXXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100011001 100010001 11010111 1111001111101 1101011111 1001010101001 110111010011 11110110110 10101011111 01110100110101 110110100011100 01110100010 100101001000 01000101110101 11011111101 11010101010110 1110100111101001 11110001011 011110111 0101010001010101 11010111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of A Pastiche For Eve;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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