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

1. They named the child Orc, he grew
Fed with milk of Enitharmon... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX baXbcXbXdb ebf bfegX hXhX iih fXc djfXjj XgXXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,10,3,5,4,3,3,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 10101000 110101101 010101 01010010 1101001 1101010 10010010 0111001 0101001 0101111 111101 11101101 001101 01101111 11110010010 1110001 11011001 0010100 011001011 101101001 10100101 11101001 10100101 1110010010 10010010 010101 11101010 00100101 1100101 111101 11101 1101010 1110100 101001001 111001001 1110101000 0100100 00101001 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; in, to, he are repeated.

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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