This is an analysis of the poem To The Pliocene Skull that begins with:

(A GEOLOGICAL ADDRESS)
'Speak, O man, less recent! Fragmentary fossil!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
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  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; than, with, thee, of are repeated.

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

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