This is an analysis of the poem The Christ Of The 'Never' that begins with:

With eyes that are narrowed to pierce
To the awful horizons of land,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcbc dedebbbb fgfghdhd Xijifjfa fkfk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111001 001001001 101011101 11111101 1010110110 11011101 111110110 01001011 1011010010 01101011 0010011010 11011011 110010010 11011001 110110010 11101011 111010010 11001001 1010111010 001011111 0011010110 001111011 1010010110 101001001 1010010010 101001011 1010110010 110100001 1011011010 111011001 1010010010 001001001 1010011111 11111011 111010110 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words god's, in, where are repeated.

    The author used the same word by at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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