This is an analysis of the poem The Book Of Urizen: Chapter Ix that begins with:
1. Then the Inhabitants of those Cities:
Felt their Nerves change into Marrow... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcXdXb eXaaabeX cdXX dfXbaaXc faXd Xdf XeXbcdba eXXf X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,8,4,3,8,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001000110 11110010 1100101 01010111 0101010 1101110 01010110 010110010 1101011010 1010101000 101010110 10101100010 100101111 11101001 1010110010 010110110 1111110010 110101110 1110101011 10110101 1111010010 0100101 1111110 001001111 0111100010 11010000 1101010 0010010010 1111011 10010010 111010110 0010101 110101010 01011111 100011110 1001010100 101101010 01010100 100101 101000100 0101001 1111101 11001010 111011010 0010100100 11101001 1101010 1101101100
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Book Of Urizen: Chapter Ix;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by William Blake
- Analysis of The Book Of Urizen: Chapter Ii
- Analysis of The Book Of Urizen: Chapter Viii
- Analysis of When Klopstock England Defied
