This is an analysis of the poem Dominions Of The Boundary that begins with:

The Survival Of The Gods
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcbc dede fgXg Xhih aeaj Xbeb eXdbd kdkd alblb mfcf aaaa dndX alal comX pkpk qeded rnrn sfsf eded ecjc Xtjte cbcb krkr fifi qkdkd kkkk Xiai dbdb kfkf efeX ohkhk aeaj amoc hdhdXanan
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010001 111 01010101 110111 0110111 110101 11010101 110101 0101001 111100 01011101 10111 01010110 111101 010101001 11111 1010101 110101 101001010 101101 110101010 110100 110 11010001 011101 11000001 101101 1101010 101001 11110101 111101 11111011 010011 11110001 111111 100101 11110101 111101 11110101 011101 11101100 110101 01010111 111101 01111101 110001 11010101 011111 1100101 010111 11010101 110101 11110101 010101 11001101 110101 01010101 010100 1000100 010100 01010101 010101 010010101 010101 110 10111001 110001 01110111 010101 11010101 110101 10110111 110111 1010110111 1110101 11010111 1100101 011110111 011101 010010101 1010101 11010101 010101 10000100 110111 11000 01010101 110100 101000101 0100111 11011101 110011 111110101 100101 110011101 10101101 1010100101 1011101 100110111 10110101 100111001 10110111 1010 0101001 10001 11111101 010101 10111111 0100111 01010101 110101 11010101 111101 01010101 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 010111 11001101 010101 110010101 011111 01111101 111011 10010101 111111 1100100 11010101 110101 01010101 110101 01011101 101011 110101010 111100 11010111 00100110 11010101 101001 11011101 1101111 010010101 111011 00111101 110101 10111101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 149
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, land, that, 'tis, one are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, that, 'tis are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase avow connects the lines.

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