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

“We are false and evanescent, and aware of our deceit,
From the straw that is our vitals to the clay that is our feet. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba ccXc dded bbXb ffcf ggbg hheh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110101010101 001101100011011 1111011111111010 10110101011101 111111101111111 111111101111111 1111101000101010 11110100110111 011000110011101 111011101010110 1111111110101010 10111101111101 1111101110000011 011100101010111 11011010111001000 11110100010011 10011100011101 1011000101010001 1010111010101110 10110101010101 111011100110101 111010111010001 1011111110111010 110111100111111 110110111101101 101010111110111 0110101011101010 10110111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; you, and, our, we, that, may, to, us are repeated.

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