This is an analysis of the poem The Power Of Science that begins with:

“All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever stirs this mortal frame.”... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdeX efXf Xgdg Xheh daia eXgX fgcgdXjd ch kh lbfX jfmf dklk dala fnen edad Xhlh adkd fcgc opX p ddhX hhnh Xfkf maoa adXd ibnb dqcq nfaX iXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 11010001 0100101 1101001011 01110111 11100111 010100 10010101 01110111 11111100 010011 11010100 01000101 11010100 010101 11010100 11010101 11011101 010001 11011001 11100111 01110111 110001 01011111 10001000 11011101 010100 11011001 0100101 11010101 110101 11110001 110100100 11111111 010111 11011001 01010101 11011101 110101 11010101 1101010010 11000101 011100 11010101 110001001 11010100 110001 11010101 0101101 11010001 010011 11110101 01010101 11010101 011101 11010101 011100101 01110101 010011 11010101 01010011 11010111 110101 11010111 10010111 100100101 10001 11010100 10010101 11010111 010101 11011111 01010111 11010001 110101 11011101 11011101 11010100 110101 11110101 010010111 01010001 110100 11010101 110111001 11110101 100101 11010000 11111111 11000001 110111 11011100 11010101 11010101 110101 11000101 11011101 110101110 010011 01001101 01010101 10010101 111101 110111110 01010101 11110101 011011 111000101 11110101 01110001 111100 11010111 1001100 11111100 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 116
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, her, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words she, i, how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Power Of Science;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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