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

1. But Los saw the Female & pitied
He embrac'd her, she wept, she refus'd... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabX XcX Xbde eec eebfg efXhfbeX bfgb idX hfX bfii bXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,5,8,4,3,3,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111 101011101 00111001 110011110 1010010111 1010010 10101010 1011100100 0100101 110001 1010101 111001101 001001 001000010 1110111010 110101 0111010010 01001010 11000110 110110001 01011001 01101001 0100101 10101101 1010111 111101 110101 101001110 01011010 1100010 01011001 101110100 1010101 101001011 1101001001 1001011 1001000 10100101 1110101 110100100 111100100 100111010 111001010 11101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; she, he are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines eternity is 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 Vi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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