This is an analysis of the poem Finalities that begins with:

Pretend that night is grandiose,
That stars win graves in every ditch;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXXcadaeafbffefeaXghehagfgfaXaXgigjXekXXfffhXfXgflfkhkhleieXXagaehghigagefcfaXkgkfdfikhkgXlkhgdcXhmhfkbabXnhnfihidlflmXbifXffjffgggaagagfXfffffXfgggkdckehfhahkhXkmk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 167,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 111101001 01111010 11001111 11011101 10010010 11111001 11010101 11000100 11111001 11000101 01010011 100011111 110111001 11100111 11011101 100101110 10110111 100100010 111011001 1 0101010001 1100010111 1101000101 11010101001 0101010001 1111010001 0111010111 1011001101 1101010011 1101111101 01010101000 01010000101 1110111000 1101001001 0101010001 0101001100 1111110111 1101111110 1111110101 1100000101 1 010010100 01100101 11011101 100010001 01110101 00011000 01010001 0101000 11010101 11000101 01011101 010000101 01010001 01010001 01011111 11010011 01001101 11010110 11110101 10010001 1 11110010100 1101110001 01110100101 0100010101 11010101001 1101010101 1100010011 1010000111 1101010011 0101010011 0101010101 1101100101 0111010001 1100111111 1101010101 01010001001 01001010111 1111011011 1101011100 110100011001 1 100010001 110100100 100010101 11100001 01011111 11010101 11010111 11010101 11001100 11110101 10010111 01010011 1000101 01001100 01010111 01011000 11010101 11011101 11111101 11110100 1 1110001 1111010 11010001 11010100 01011111 11100111 01010101 11001001 10010111 01110101 11010101 11010100 00100101 01010101 11010011 01010001 01010100 01110001 11110111 01001101 1 1101110100 0110110111 0101010111 1111010101 11010000101 1101110111 0111111101 10110100001 1100010101 10000010101 01011001010 1001010101 0100110001 1101110001 0101010110 1101010101 0100111101 0111110101 1100111011 1101111011 1 1111010101 0111110001 0101010001 01110101001 1111110011 0101111100 0111010001 1111111001 1101110101 1111011001 0111010101 0101111111 0111010001 1101010101 1101001111 0101100101 1101010100 11000111001 11010100001 010010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5934
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1025
  • Amount of lines: 167
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; that, and, man, your, with, his, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, your are repeated.

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

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