This is an analysis of the poem The Hope Of The Infinite that begins with:

My hope is in the unharvestable deep
That shows with eve the treasure of the stars...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccaXddeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1100010001 1101010001 0101011101 1100101111 0101010101 0101010101 1101110011 11010101011 11100111110 0101111101 1001010111 1111000111 1100010001 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from is repeated.

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  • summary of The Hope Of The Infinite;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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