This is an analysis of the poem Molecular Evolution that begins with:

At quite uncertain times and places,
The atoms left their heavenly path, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efafegag ahehaiai heheXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101110 010111001 110100010 01011101 111101010 111000001 111111110 11010101 111101010 11010111 110101110 11111111 110110100 10111101 100010110 11110111 110110110 01011101 011111010 10010111 110100010 10011101 1111010111 010100111 111101010 01111101 100101010 10110101 111101010 01010101 111101110 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, thee are repeated.

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

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