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

THOU stand'st complete in every part,
An individual of thy kind;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXXcdefXeXgbgXbdeXeX hfhffXbfbfiXfidjdXjeeeeX kdkdlXflfamXamdbdXXeaXaX fjfjXXdgXfaXfadfdXfneniX ebeblXilidfXdfoaoXaofofX eiXieXgegigXiglplXpmamaX XXlXaXeaedaXdXacaXcgigXX papafXefeioXiodjqXjafafX fhfheXmembbXbbcrcXrajajX ggggfXfffbjXbjdedXeedeqX ibiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 110100011 11111111 11011011 11010011 1 1101110010 11010111 11011111 10100100 01011101 1 01010111 0101010100 11010101 11111001 11110011 1 11010101 11110111 11110111 10011101 11000101 1 11011101 01010101 110110001 01011111 00110011 1 11000011 11011101 01110101 11000101 11010101 1 01010101 01010101 11111111 11010101 10000111 1 11110001 11111101 10010101 11110001 01111111 1 10111101 11010100 110011111 11011111 11010001 1 110011011 010010101 11111101 11101101 11011101 1 11010101 01111101 111101001 11110111 11100111 1 111111100 11011011 010010111 01111000 01111101 1 11110110 11111001 11010101 0011001011 100010110010 1 11111100 11110010 011101110 11111111 101011001 1 00010101 01010001 10010110 01001001 01010101 1 01101111 11010101 01011110 11110001 11011100 1 10110011 11101101 11010101 11100101 11110111 1 11111101 01101101 01011111 01011101 11111101 1 110100101 10111111 11010111 11110101 01010101 1 11011101 11011101 11010101 01011111 11111101 1 11110111 01010001 110110111 010101001 11110101 1 01110101 01011101 11110010 11111101 00111011 1 110010100 0101001011 101011010001 11110101 11011111 1 01000101 101110101 10010101 11010101 11010101 1 101100101 01111001 01100111 010001100 11010101 1 11011100 11010111 01010001 11111111 01110101 1 0101111001 111101110 111100111 010110111 11010101 1 01000101 111100101 11101101 111010101 1111010100 1 001100101 10010101 11110101 11110101 11111101 1 01010101 11010111 110101001 11011111 11110101 1 00110001 01010111 11111111 11011101 01010100 1 01011111 10110101 11000101 11010011 01100001 1 11111101 11010111 01011111 010111001 010100101 1 01010001 01010001 01010111 010100011 11110101 1 01100101 01011111 10011111 110001110 10010111 1 111101010 11110001 11010111 11110001 00011111 1 11110110 11010101 01101101 11010111 011011000 1 01111111 01110111 11010011 01100111 11110101 1 11010101 11010101 01101101 11010111 11100101 1 11010111 11010101 01010101 11110101 01110100 1 11110101 010101001 01010101 0111011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 713
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 244
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; thou, of, perfect, what, we, that, and, or, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, the, what, i, a, and, or, too, to, above, we are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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