This is an analysis of the poem The Cubical Domes that begins with:

Indeed indeed it is growing very sultry
The indian feather pots are scrambling out of the room...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabaXccdefXfdXddX dgXddebgfggbgggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100101010 010010111001001 01100100001010 11010110101 101100101010 101001100111 101000001000010 101000100111010 1101111010010 11010011101010 1011000111 1000110010111 111001001000010 00111011010010 00100100101101 1110100101101 11011001101001 101 01001101001001 1010010010101010 111001011111 110110110001 101011011001 101001111 010010010011010 1110101 11001001011101 1110010011001101 101111101111 101101001001001 101011110010010 11011001101001 011011010010010 111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 831
  • Average number of words per stanza: 153
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, for are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Cubical Domes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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