This is an analysis of the poem My World Is Pyramid that begins with:

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Half of the fellow father as he doubles...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdd efefgg hfhfXX Xbebhh hXhXXa X XgXgdX ibibbb djdjdd hbhbee XdXdaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 10010101110 0111000101 10010101110 0101000101 1001110101 110111 01011101010 010011001001 01011111010 0101110001 1101110001 101001 010111000010 0111010111 10010101010 0111110001 1101000101 10101 01110101110 0111110101 1001110101 1101010011 1101110111 0010010 11001011010 0111011001 11011101010 01011100001 0111010111 111101 1 11010001010 1101010101 10010 1101010001 1111000101 101100 11010111010 1111110101 10110010 1111110101 1011000101 110001 11010101010 0101110001 1111110 1111010011 0101011111 100101 01011101110 1101110001 1001110 1011011111 01001010111 101101 11110110010 1101010001 01010001010 1110011111 0101110101 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same words the, my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of My World Is Pyramid;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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