This is an analysis of the poem The Godlike that begins with:

NOBLE be man,
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  • Rhyme scheme: abacda debfc ghbXbic ifXfbh agXgjh jfdie jfXXib jbXXdbXdaifXXfbgfdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,6,6,5,6,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 1010 1101 10001 01010 1011 10010 011100 1101 00010 11010 1010 10010 11110 010110 11010 1101 01111 10110 1011 1111 1001 11110 110010 10110 10101 10010 10110 10010 10010 10110 10010 11110 10010 01010 11110 1100100 111000 10110 10010 10011 11110 00101 011110 11111 111011 11001 11110 00010 11101 10001 101001 1111 0011010 11010 100010 011010 010110 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, and, can, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase seizing connects the lines.

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