This is an analysis of the poem Earth To The Twentieth Century that begins with:

You cannot take from out my heart the growing,
The green, sweet growing, and the vivid thrill.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbd eXeX bfbf ghgh gggg iiiX jXjd eheX akak fcXc lglg gmgm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010111010 0111010101 11111101110 0111111101 11011100110 1111010101 10110101110 1101010100 11010110110 0101011101 11110101010 1011001111 11011001010 0111011111 10111110010 1011010101 11110101110 0101000101 01011111110 1111011111 11110101110 0101110010 01111111010 0101110001 11010101010 1111011111 10110111010 1111011111 01010101110 1101110101 110101001010 1111011100 11010100110 0101011111 110111111010 1111001101 01010011010 0101010101 11111101010 0101111000 110011101110 0111011111 10111101110 1111110001 11110111110 1001110101 10110111110 0111010101 11110011110 0111010101 01110101110 0111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, old, in, my, of, to are repeated.

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

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

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