This is an analysis of the poem P. A. Munch that begins with:

Many forms belong to greatness.
He who now has left us bore it...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdefXccdffXga bfbf cXch idid gfgf ffXcddbchhhjkfgcXf dgh XlcmjmcdmXeddXgcddfXdahch nodchpaaaaamhhgaaXammbf cifhXfhf fbXXn fnqfdlXhfddmapbcm jbcdddc ghhcgjcaahidfXaXaXXfkgmcdrcrhXbhX ahharadbmghdhXmh iXhfbcgdfb idcgfX cfXodX bbqbam fnfB cormphm jfahaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,4,4,4,18,3,25,23,8,5,17,7,33,16,10,6,6,6,4,7,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 11111110 10111110 11111010 10101010 11101010 10101110 10111010 00110010 10101010 101110010 10101010 10111010 10101110 10101110 10101010 111111001 10011010 1001101001 11010010 1001001110 10011010 1001011100 10011010 101110101 100100110 1011001001 11011010 1111011101 10110010 100100101 100011010 11011010 10101110 10111010 11001010 11101010 10101110 001010011 10101111 10101110 01111010 11111111 11111010 11101111 11101110 100001011 11101010 11100110 10101110 101001110 10101011 10101110 10101010 10111111 11101010 10111011 11101110 11101110 10101010 11101010 11110010 101111100 11111010 10011110 11101110 10101110 1001011 11111110 10111110 10111010 00111110 10101100 10101010 10001010 11111110 10111110 10111010 101010100 10111011 10001010 10111110 11111110 10101010 10101110 11101011 111011010 10101110 101001010 10011110 10101011 11111010 11111011 10101010 10111010 101001100 11101111 10110011 11101010 10001010 00101110 10101010 10001111 10111010 10100111 111001000 11111110 11111010 10101110 10101010 101010010 101010100 1010 1010 100010010 010 1 01010 00101010 00101111 00110000 00101110 10101010 10101010 111010010 10101010 10101010 01111110 11101110 11101110 10101010 11101010 010101010 10101010 00100010 00100010 10101010 10101110 10101011 10101110 10101010 11111011 11100110 11001110 101001010 10101010 10101110 10101110 11101011 10101010 01111010 111010010 10101110 11111011 10111110 01101010 10100010 00101110 11100011 10111010 01101110 10111010 10100110 10111010 10000010 11101010 10111010 11100010 10101010 10101110 1110110 10101010 10101010 11101010 10100110 10101110 10111010 10101010 10101010 10101011 10111010 00101010 00101110 10101010 10101010 10110011 11101010 11101111 01101010 10101010 100101010 11101010 0011010 11101011 10111010 11101010 10111001 10101111 10111010 11001010 10101110 11101010 100111100 10101010 10101010 1 1 111110 101111100 10111110 11101010 11110110 01000010 11101010 10111010 11101010 11101010 10101010 10111010 11 1 10110 111001010 10101011 10111010 1001101010 10111110 11111010 10101011 10101010 00101011 10111010 10101010 11101110 10110010 11111010 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 239
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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