This is an analysis of the poem Fixed Ideas that begins with:

RANKS of electroplated cubes, dwindling to glitters,
Like the other pasture, the trigonometry of marble, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXacXbdXXXXccXbXXaadaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100001100010 101010010000010 11011111 1100110101 100100101010 110010001 110111001010 100101011111 01010010100 1111100100 1001100100010 110101010100 1010101110 1001001101 01011010000101 011110100101 11001 10110 10110 10010 1001 10010 0110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 913
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of is repeated.

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

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