This is an analysis of the poem Stretched To Depths that begins with:
Minds kept open to stretch to depths,
Aren't closed to the unknown or the possibilities....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXAa ABcdbdbdbdbb ABABXABcABAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101 10100011010100 11100101 1101000100100 11100101 10111 1 11111011 101000100010001 1101001001 10100010011000100 1110111 10100010011000100 1101001001 10100100 11110101 11100101 11010101101 11101101 101111 11100101 10111 1 11100101 11010101101 11101101 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, those, be, depths are repeated.
The author used the same word minds at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word kept at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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