This is an analysis of the poem We Will Rebuild Worlds that begins with:

We will rebuild / worlds from shattered glass/ and remnants of holocausts.
Once impaled for our faith / and trained to speak in voiceless whispers...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a b X X bc c d c d c Xe Xb X a f g c f dXge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001101011100100 10111111010101010110010101010001100111000101010011011010111011101 011010111010100001110101111001010011011010 11010011101101011110110011111101 01010100101011101111010100 101010 11011 110110110111110010010110101011110011011101010010101010010111 110011101010001110010110011000101001000111000111001 10101010111011101101011110101110110010111111111101100111111011101100101 1010101110010111110111111101111010111101011111010110111110111 1011001001010101101011011111101 1011010001010100 01111101 11010101 10001010 000101111111111110110110101101000101 00011010010110110111111111010101101010011 000111101011010110101110110110010101000010111101 0001111101101110110101111010101011010001011101111101001001 00010110100111101011000101101010000101100111101 0001100100110011111011101001001010100 00011101010101110010111101110010110011001101010010111010010010110010010110101101001011010010011 0001111101 110110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 152 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 27
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of, for, our, other, you, that, smiles, skins, at, skin, your, we, like, in, it, begin, when are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of We Will Rebuild Worlds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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