This is an analysis of the poem Books that begins with:
The universe (which others call the library). . .
-Jorge Luis Borges...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa XbabbXXabXaXbXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111010110 100110 111110100111 11010111010 101101001011 1011010110 101111001110 1001001001011 1011111101 1010000010110 101101010 100100110111 1011 1011010 101101010110 101001011010 1110100101 111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; books, with, about are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word books is repeated.
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- summary of Books;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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