This is an analysis of the poem Rebirth that begins with:

My entire verve-
is a dark verse....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcde Bf Bdd Bgdb hXfi Bj Bbdd Bece Bbee kjga XbeXlmc cNNNfgf Nedb Nie Nmbbgd dccgdd ddXXb gddondngojfd eg jphhbdcdf kl qpee qXlpb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,3,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,7,7,4,3,6,6,5,12,2,9,2,4,5,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 0011 0011 00010101 111 001 111011 001 11101 1011 101 011101 1100101010 001001 101011 0110111010 001101 0011 101 011101011 101 0111 0010101 1001101 101 01110 111100 0010011 101 001001 1010001011 10100101 0110 101 110010 1010101 11101011 01000100100011 0101111 11101101 111010010 10011 011 1 0011 0011 11 00101 10101 11001 11 0010001 010101 0001010010101001 11 00101 001010011 11 0011 1011001 01 111 1111 10111 101 111111 1011 01101 01101 101010110 11010111 10111100 11010100 11101 1001 101101 1100111 11110 010101 00111 01011 1 11110 011010011 01111 10001 1000101111 100111101 01000100101 1100101 001001 0101101 10001 110010010 1001 11101 1101 011010101101 0010011110 11011010 1010000110 1101001 000101 011010 111001 10110110 1101 0011 0101010001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, share, i, know, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, this, i, with are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines share, voice, hands, shape are repeated).

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  • summary of Rebirth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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