This is an analysis of the poem The Book Of Urizen: Preludium that begins with:
Of the primeval Priests assum'd power,
When Eternals spurn'd back his religion;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa abb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0001010110 1100110010 11101001 0110011010 100111110 0111111 0011110001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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More information about poems by William Blake
- Analysis of The Book Of Urizen: Chapter Vii
- Analysis of The Book Of Urizen: Chapter Ix
- Analysis of The Book Of Urizen: Chapter Ii