This is an analysis of the poem On the Steps of the Jefferson Memorial that begins with:
We invent our gods
the way the Greeks did,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcdXaX deeeXXXc aaXXXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 01010 011101101 01001010010 100010 1101010 01110010 1011 1101 0101101 0101001 1101101 10101 1110 01110 10110 10101 00100110 11100 1011001 110010 1111011 11001 001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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