This is an analysis of the poem The Twilight Of The Gods that begins with:

All the satyrs have been dehorned,
And wappened are Mohammed's houris;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX abab cdcd efef fgfg XXgX cXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010100 1100110010 101010010 01010010 100100111 1100100101 1000101 10100111 01011001 1101001110 0101001001 1111010 11011111 101101010 1010100101 0101010 010101010 10010111 010001110 10010101 0101011010 010101010 010010010010 0010010010 110011001 0101001110 1101110101 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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