This is an analysis of the poem The Desert that begins with:

Uncircumscribed, unmeasured, vast,
Eternal as the Sea; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaX cdcd cece bfbf fgfg fcfc hbhb ijXj iiii cXcf XkXk aiai iciX flXl eiei cbcb XiXi ABaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000010001 010101 11010111 010100 01011111 011101 11010111 111111 01010101 010101 01111001 110001 10110101 110101 11110101 111101 11110101 110101 01011101 010101 11001101 1101110 11110101 0101010 01011101 111111 11001101 111101 11011001 111101 110010100 110001 11110101 110111 01010111 010101 11111101 1111100 10010101 110001 100101110 100101 100101010 111101 10011101 111101 01011101 111111 11011101 11001001 01010101 010111 11010001 010101 0101001100 010101 01110101 110101 110011001 010101 01111101 111111 11010011 110111 10000101 100101 01010101 111101 1000010001 010101 00110101 111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; no, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, a, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words ages, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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