This is an analysis of the poem Earthfast that begins with:
Architects plant their imagination, weld their poems on rock,
Clamp them to the skidding rim of the world and anchor them down to its core;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011101010111011 100010100111001001 1110101101111011 1111001010110010 111111101011111 011110111111001 0100101111001010 001101001011111 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, them, they are repeated.
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- summary of Earthfast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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