This is an analysis of the poem Between The Poles Of The Conscious that begins with:

BETWEEN the poles of the conscious and the unconscious, there has the mind made a swing:
Thereon hang all beings and all worlds, and that swing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010010101101101101 011110111111101001 100101101101011011 10010110111 1101101101101010101101 10100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 71 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word millions is repeated.

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