This is an analysis of the poem This World Is Not Conclusion that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0101010 0101100 01001100 1100110 01010100 10000010 110101010 1000110 01010100 010111 0101010 1101010 110011100 1001010 1101010000 1101010 11000100 1100010 01010101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of This World Is Not Conclusion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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