This is an analysis of the poem The End Of The Century that begins with:

There are moments when, as missions,
God reveals to us strange visions;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa XaXbab ccdedc Xafefg hhXada XijkjX kkdkXk kkkaka iidldl aajkjk aabkbX kkgbgb bbmnmn aadodo XXkXke hXXnXn ggkfXf jjkXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 10101110 101110110 1110100 10101010 1011100 11101100 11101110 11011010 1010101 111010110 0010101 10101010 11111010 10111110 1010111 10101010 1010100 11101010 01101110 1110111 1010101 1010101 1111100 100101010 1101010 10101100 1000100 1010010100 1010111 10101100 101010100 10101110 1010101 11101010 1110101 10101110 11101010 11101110 1011101 10101100 1010101 11111110 10101010 11101010 1010111 11101010 1011100 111010010 10011010 10101010 1010111 10101010 1010001 10111010 100111010 10111010 0010101 10111010 111101 11101010 11101010 11101010 1010101 10100010 10101100 10110010 10101010 10100010 0011111 10101010 0011111 10000001 10111010 00100010 1010101 10011010 1110111 00101010 01111010 101110100 1010101 111000100 1010101 11101100 10111010 01101010 1011100 10111110 1111111 11101110 10101110 10110011 10011111 11101010 10010101 10111010 10111010 10101010 1010101 101010100 1010111 10101110 10101010 10011010 1111011 101010010 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, his, her are repeated.

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