This is an analysis of the poem The Book Of Thel that begins with:
1 Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?
2 Or wilt thou go ask the Mole?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb d efdcg hbchefceXecicbcheXijX j kXeeelicjX cdfX ce X dddX cX iXfdkiajai diicdcX e iibeX mb X c lmnXXcci icocadXgX bnaandX ijhX X fjeej XXcja jbjdccjXdXXof
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,5,21,1,10,4,2,1,4,2,10,7,1,5,2,1,1,8,9,7,4,1,5,5,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010110001 11111101 11100100101 11100101 1 101000100111101 1110101010010101 101011101000101 111010010001101 111010100011101 11100101110100010 1111100001110111 111010101110101 1100100011110010 111010101011101 1101011101110001 111011111110111 111010101110101 1011100010001010 101000101000101 110010111110101 111110111010101 111010101110111 1111100010111111 110010111101101 1101011011111010 111010101010101 111101011101010 1110111010101001 1010001010111101 111010001011001 111110111100101 1110111010001010 11001110101001000 111110010011111010 111110111010001 110011101010101 111110101010101 111110110010101101 10101111010101 111010111010101 1110011011111110 1100100101010101 110111101000101 111010011010101 1011101110010101 101010101010101 1110101001010101 1 111010101111101 1111001101101101 111111111110101 1110111011111110 1011100101101101 11001100101010101 1110111111001001 111010101011111 111010111011111 110011111111101 10001110101110010 1010101111011010 111011101100101 1010101001010101 111011001011101 1110101010111010 111110111111111 1111101011101010 11111010101101001 1111101001111111 111010111011101 111111001010101 1101101001101011 101010101011101 110110101110001 1111111110100111 111011101111101 101100101111101 111100101001101 101010111010111 110111101010001 1 111010101010101 111011001011101 11111110100111 111110111111111 1000111111011010 1110101010101010 1010110111101001 111100101010101 101010111110101 111000101111101 11110101111101 111000101100101 111110101010111 111011101010111 11111001101111 111110101111110 111001111111101 1110111010111110 10100101010010011 111101110111011 1111101111100101 111010101111100 101111101111011 111010011011101 111110111111101 1100100101101111 1111111011111101 1111110111101010 110011101001101 1 10010101010100101 111001101000101 111010001110101 1010011110010101 101010101110111 111000101110110 11011000101010101 111010100010001 11001111111111 11101010100101 11100101001010 1101010010001 111111010101 110101010111 111101110101111 11010101001001 11110111010100 11010101010100110 11010101010101 11010100110101100 1010100011001 111010111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 133
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, 1, of, like, gentle, and, thou, thy, 2, thee, i, to, flowers, worm, 3, my, that, knew, enter, 4, she, why are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 1, 2, 3, 4 are repeated.
The author used the same words 1, 2, 3, 4 at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Book Of Thel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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