This is an analysis of the poem Brahm that begins with:

A spectral film that came and went,
In its elusive way gave vent ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXaabaaab cccXdddbbbbbb aaabeXebaabbbbb ffgghhbbiiaaeeaXbbbb jjhhkkddiillkk bbeemmhhaann hXggaaaamm lliiggjjbXbaabbbb aaggbggggbXoB mmbiiB pppppbaXb lllllXcccB aaabgggggggggggbXXXbaaaab hhjjXlljjboobaaaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,13,15,20,14,12,10,17,13,6,9,10,25,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 00010111 0101111 111111 111010101 01010101 110001 11110101 11010001 10110111 100111 01010101 01010111 11010111 111110 01111101 11110111 11110101 110101 01010101 01111111 010111 11010001 010101 11010001 11010101 11100111 110011 100100101 0101010 11000101 110011 11101111 011101001 010101 1111011 01000101 01010001 010001 11000101 111100101 11110111 01011101 11010101 111101010 01000101 110011101 11011001 11110001 11010101 01010101 01010001 10010111 10010101 11010100 110101 11011111 11010001 010101 111101001 01000101 110100100 01010101 11010101 11111101 11110101 01011101 01010101 11010101 11011101 110100101 11010101 11010001 10110101 01111101 01011101 11010111 11000101 01000101 01010111 11010101 11010111 1111011 11010001 10110101 11110101 01011110 11010101 01110101 11011101 11011111 110100101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11010101 01101101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010111 111001001 01010101 010001 01010101 01110111 010001 11110001 11010101 100101 10110101 11010101 1100010110 1100101010 010101 11110011 110111001 01110111 11110110 110101 11110010 110010101 100111 11010001 11011101 111101 11011011 110011001 100111 11010101 110111001 01000111 01000101 11000101 110111 11010101 11011101 001101 01000101 01110101 11110111 11000101 11000101 110001 11010101 11110101 11110101 100111 11100101 11000111 110001001 111101 10011101 010010101 01001101 11010101 10010001 01110101 01011101 010010001 01010101 010100101 11000101 110001 01010101 01010111 010101001 010101 11010101 11010001 11110101 01010011 001101 01000111 010100001 10111111 11000101 010111 010111001 11010111 011101011 01111101 010011 011101001 01110101 010101 01110111 11010111 10010111 01110001 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 194
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, nor, and, the, of are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word brahm at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Brahm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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