This is an analysis of the poem The Eternal Circle that begins with:

Now, a visitor from somewhere right outside this Mundane Ball
Do not ask me where he came from, for that point's not clear at all;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddccdd bbeeXc ffgghX iifXcc XXddgg XcddXX hhddjX ddffhh dXddeedX bbXkbX ccXddd XkffhX cchhff bbjjXc hhffhh llbbjjaa kkXhcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101000111110011 111111101111111 111101101111101 1010001000111001 101010111111111 111010101011111 1010101010101001 111000101110101 101010111010101 101011001111001 101010100011101 1110101111111001 1110000100110101 111000100111111 111011101111101 110111100110111 101110101110111 101001100010101 101000100101 111001101010101 111010101010101 11110101010001 11111001110111 101011101011111 010110100010101 101000101010101 111110100110101 111010001010101 101010101010101 11110100010101 10100110010100110 110111011111010 101011101011101 111110100111101 111010101110111 111010101010001 101010101010010 101010100010101 1010001011111001 0010011100010101 101000101010001 111010101011101 111110100110101 111010110010111 001011100111101 1100010100010111 111010101110111 101110111010111 1010101001010101 101010101011111 101010101110101 111010101111111 101000111110101 1110101010010111 101001001010011 111101100010001 111110100010101 11001110011011 101010101010101 001010111110111 11000101110111 1110101001100001 101010101010101 11010101110001 101011101010111 11100101110101 101010101110101 011101111111100 11010100010101 111010101110101 1101010111101000 111100100111101 11110100010101 111011101010001 101011111010100 101000101111101 111110111010001 011001101110001 111010100110101 100110111110001 01000111110011 1101000111111 11010101010111 101010111010111 0111010001010111 111110101010101 111110100111101 111010101011111 111010111011101 01111111111101 11011111010110 111010100010101 010111001010101 101011101110101 11111101111101 111110101010101 11111100111111 111110111010001 1010101001011101 11010101010111 0101010111011 11011101110101 101010101110011 11001111110111 101010101110001 10110111010101 10111101010101 100101010111001 11011101011100 11111111010101 01010100111111 11011101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, or, he, ', and, you, of, to, i, round, all are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word 'now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Eternal Circle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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