This is an analysis of the poem Movement Of Bodies that begins with:

Those of you that have got through the rest, I am going to rapidly
Devote a little time to showing you, those that can master it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabd efggbe ehhhei Xeijek ebbcbl befeaj bkgkmc hccjcf eXXXde elbmjn emecek khdXeXXinkdej
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110111100100 0101010101111100 010100110111001 011110010010 001001001011011110 10111110 1000011101110 001111011010010 0101010111101 110110010010110 111001110001010 1111001 01110001001001 0010110010100100 1010010110100100 111101001110110 0010101001010 011101 11010011111010 001010001010111 10101011110101 0010001011110110110 1101001110010010 11011001 1010010010011011 111111100111001 10010111110100 10101101011011 0010111011101 0001101 11001010001111 1101111011011010 111110011111111 110111110110010 11111010110 101101 111111101010 1100110111111 01010010011010 01111011111 01101010011110 111001 1011010011110 0010101101001 01001100111010 1010001001010010 11110110100101 101000111 1101100101000010 0010010100100101 0100101011110010000 111111011010010 111111010010110 100111 1111110010010 011110100101111 1010001011011010 0100010001010110 1010101001101100 1111101 110111010101010 111001000011100100 10011010010001 100101011111111 001110011100010010 1010111 11110111011001011 010010010111110 111111101001 101010101011 01011101111001 11011 11101101011010 11011111001011 1011110110001001 101011010010010 1110010110010 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, by, of, and, i, you, to, not, be are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines character is repeated).

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  • summary of Movement Of Bodies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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