This is an analysis of the poem In Everything I Seek To Grasp... that begins with:

In everything I seek to grasp
The fundamental:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cded cfcf egXg cdcd gbgd agXg hdhd dXXfXcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 01010 01010101 01010 01010001 01010 01010101 01010 110010101 01010 01111101 10010 10110101 10010 01111000 01010 11011001 01111 01011101 01011 01011100 01010 01010100 10010 11011101 10110 01110101 01010 11110111 10111 11111111 01010 11010011 0100010 11111000 01010 01000101 11101 010101001 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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, of are repeated.

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

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