This is an analysis of the poem The Tortoise In Eternity that begins with:

Within my house of patterned horn
I sleep in such a bed ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 110101 11110111 110111 1111111 111101 10110011 110001 101111001 111101 11011101 001101 11010111 1101101 11011101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Tortoise In Eternity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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