This is an analysis of the poem Auguries Of Innocence that begins with:

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab ccddeeaaffggeXhhffiijjeekkaalmeeiiXlffeeggeelmddeennnnkkkkddddlmeeffooffkkffddllooeeooddlleekkppnnllhhddeenneeeeppkkeeeelleeeell
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,128,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100101 101000110 10100001011 101000110 01011001 1110001 01110110 10111010 01110101 01010001 01010101 10101101 11100101 01000111 01110001 01001101 01111111 1010110 1001101 10010101 0111011 1010101 01011101 11010101 01111101 11011101 01110101 1010001 11110101 110001011 11010111 11001101 01011101 11010100 11110101 10100101 01000101 01011101 11011101 10110101 11110101 11010101 0101101 101111 01110101 1010101 0100011 0010101 01000101 0010100 0101101 11010101 01110101 11011101 0010101 111111 1101101 1011101 111101 01010101 1010011 1010101 01011101 0111101 101101 10010101 100101001 010100100 0011111 10100101 0101101 11111101 01110101 1010101 010110001 1010101 0101011 1010101 01110011 11011101 11100101 1110101 10010011 1111011 1110101 101011 11110101 01011111 11010101 11011 01101110 10100110 01001111 11011001 11010101 11010101 01010101 1010101 11110101 1010101 1110101 01011101 01010101 0010101 0101101 11010001 1110111 01011111 001111 100100011 0000101011 1100010001 0110101 10011101 01010101 11110101 01010101 1011101 10011001 1010011 10011001 1110101 1110101 1110101 11100101 1111101 111001010001 10110101 101101 011111001 11010101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 407
  • Amount of lines: 132
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, that, every, some, born, to are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines delight, light are repeated).

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