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

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Fit for perpetual worship is the power... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cd cefge aha X ifXXe fgcag X idiccd abibjj jkklal X bfefh bdXd afafededfmfmXjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,5,3,1,5,5,1,6,6,6,1,5,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 110100100010 1111010001 1101010101 11001101 111101110 01001101 1101010111 01010100110 111101 011101010 11010 110101110 1 110101001 11010101 1101110111 10110111010 110001010 1111110010 111101010 11110101010 11011100110 11110111010 1 11110111 11110101 11110101 10011101110 00010011110 01000100111 10110101010 1011011111 11010101010 010010101 1101110101 1101110101 1101110111 1101111101 0101100101 1101011101 1101001100 110101 1 01010101 11111011 11111011 11111001 10010101 11110111 11011111 11010101 01010111 111101010 01110011 1111110010 11110111 11110011 11110101 11111111 01110111 11011101 10011101 01010001 11000111 1111011101 01101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; we, and, to, you, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Gravikty;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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