This is an analysis of the poem The Book Of Urizen: Chapter V that begins with:

1. In terrors Los shrunk from his task:
His great hammer fell from his hand:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabddX efgXb fb Xhijbb gheXXjk cdah ckEjdlbbbXjXjdlbdjdjc bjddEXkj llij lXlb gbX jbdXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,2,6,7,4,21,8,4,4,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011001 01101001 010101100 111101 10101001 010101 00100101 1100101 1101000100 1010101 1101011 0110101 0110101 11100101 101101010 1100010101 0010010110 010101101 01001000101 100110111 0010101001 1101101100 1101110 00100100100 110010001 1111010010 10110101010 1100001 11101010 01010001 11100101 00111001 1010010010 1100101 01010010100 101011101 01101001 101101001 1101101 1000101 10010101010 0101100100 101001110 00100101 00101101 111101001 010001001 001100001 1100101 00100101 1001010010 10011001 101011100 10101110 101001 10100101 1001111 01010010100 11011100 011110011 1010101 1101001011 001111101 110101 10010101 110110100 101001010 1011111101 1101011 110010110010 10111001 11001110110 11010110010 1010110101 0101100010 0100110100 01111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; his, in, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, of, with 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 V;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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