This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Of Man that begins with:

In the grey beginning of years, in the twilight of things that began,
The word of the earth in the ears of the world, was it God? was it man?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghhggffaaggiijjggffaaaaaaccccaaffeekkhhggffggccccggXgiiggffhhaalliimmkkggffnnggllkkeeccccmmiigghhkkjjiiccaacceehhmmkkeeooiiaaaagghhjjppccccooggjjccggccppaaXcXhiiccjjeegghhaaaaffaacchhccgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 200,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00101000001101101 01001001001101101 0100100101001001 01001001001011001 10111011101101011 101001011101001 101110011111101 1010110100101001 1010101101001001 10100101001001001 111111111111101 11111010111001 0101001101001001 01111011111011 101101101111101 010010100111101 1010101101100101 111100101110111 1011011001001101 0100101110001101 00101101001001001 111100111001001 1011110100101101 10011101010111 111100111001001 111101100101111 1011100111101011 11111010100111 110011011110111 10110101110110111 101001111100111 10101100011101101 0100110001111011 0010000101000111 101111111101001 11101001101001101 0101101010110111 11110010101011101 110111110111101 111110111101001 110111110101111 01001111101011001 1111111111101 1100110001001101 11111011001011011 1100110111001001 1101001001101010 10110111101111011 1110110111001001 10100101110001001 1111001001101001 01001011001101001 01001101100101 010111110100011 0111011101001001 0011011110010101 00110100110111011 0100111101111101 1111011111101 011010100110100111 1101101001110001 01001001010101001 11011010111001 111100100111001 1110111110110 10100100111101011 11110111111001 0100101111001011 111011001011011001 11111001001101101 101101100111001 1111001011101001 101101001001110101 1010110101101101001 1111001111101001 10111111101101001 11110011111101 1111101101011001 1100100111001001 011111101001111 101001111110110010 101110110101010010 0010010011010101110 111110110110101 1111001001011001 1101001001111011 101011101111101011 011111011001011101 11110101101111001 1111001011101001 10111101110111101 1011100110111001 010111110100111 00101100111111001 110100101101111 110110110111110001 11110100101101101 1111010010101011 111100101111001 1010111010101101011 10100001011110111111 101011011111001011 1010111110011010110 11111001111110010 101011101111011011 101001011111001011 11011011011011011 1110011101011001001 11111101001001101 111001101001001011 111111000100111111 1111011010010001101 11110110110100111 0100100101111011 101001001001111001 1011001101011101001 101001101011101111 11111101001101111 11110011111101 111111011111101 1010100101101101 01100001101111001 0111001001011001 1111011001011111 111010011001001101 1001001001111001 1011000111110010110 1111011010010110010 01111010100011001 01000101100111101 100100100100101 111001101110111 101101011101001 011110101101111 00101110100111101 00101101001101101 0011110100111101 10101010001001111011 11001111101001101 11011011111111001 11011001001111001 10010010101001011001 0101100110101111 101001001001101001 1100101101100101 111101101111101001 011101001101101111 111101101111101101 111111101001011001 01001001101001001 0100100101101011 1101110111101011 111001001001000101 01011001001101001 111011001101001001 111100101101101000 111111101011101001 11011110011001001 01011101001011001 11111011011011001 01111101001101001 111110101111101 11111111101111101 111101001101001101 011011001001011101 11101001011001001 101111001101011101 011101101001010101 00100011010111010110 11110110101111001 11101001011101010 101101101011101101 11101101101011011 001111011010011011 010011011101101011 101111001011111101 101101011001001101 101001011011001011 101011101011111001 101101101111111101 11011111011101001 111101011011101111 1110011001101001001 11111111111111101 0111001011001101 10100100110110011001 101101010011101001 11011011010011001 1010111011111001 101011001011101001 1011101101001111 101011111111011001 1111101110011001 111101111111101 1111011100010011011 11011011011111111 1111011011011101011 111011111011001111 10110111110101001 1001001011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 14366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2834
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • 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; of, in, her, or, when, not, and, that, had, they, god, we, with, his, it, what, at, he, things, own, thou, thine, for, by, to, hast, thy, slave, thee, hath, than, more, him, years, your, out, cry, ye are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, when, was, and, a, for, what, lest, thou, by, is, he, cry are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases things, thou connect the lines.

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