This is an analysis of the poem The Unchanged that begins with:
IF we could salvage Babylon
From times's grim heap of dust and bones;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdddee fafagggbb chehiiidd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 010110111 01111101 01010101 0101 1111 111101001 01010101 10011101 01101001 01010111 11011101 01010101 0011 1101 1110101 10110101 11000101 11110101 01000111 11110100 11110101 0111 0111 01110101 11010100 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
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- summary of The Unchanged;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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