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

Doubt not
the artist and his age...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabded fgchXiaiXcXacfeefaf fjaj kXhchhllhh almkanfinohlh feffhflXdal clceXpe oaXplqhqhqqkekkXekiXpllX mcacpppfchrc XrgXlfaikiXX aiflofllaXXl fdfcliffijXfX aaajXhhohj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,19,4,10,13,11,7,24,12,12,12,13,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 010101 1110101010 10101 1101011 1101 111100010 00101 11010001010 10011010001101 1100010101 01010111 0111 0101 00101 1000101101 11 0100101001 11001100 01011010101 011001 01010101001 01010 00111011101 11001001 0110001000010011 1001111 01 001 011111110111010 0001 11 01010 10101 1101001 00100101 0101001001 01001 01 1100 01 010 0 0100 1 11 1000101 111 00100101 0100101100111 110110 1010010101 010101001 1010111 100100100101 1111 1 001000100101 10 01010001 01 001001 1 01001 01000101 0101 011010101 110111 110010111 101000101 01001011000110 0010000101 011100 0010 00100 0101110 010100101010 0111 101011 1001 10001 10001 01001 1111 0100100110 001 01011111 11 110010010 1001001 1111100101101 1101101 1111010 110101 1111 0111011000 1010100 01010100101 01011001 00010001 111101010 111010110 110 100110001 01001 0010 11110111 1111 01001101 0101001 1010101 0101001010 01011101 001011 1000101 0101 10101001 0111001 010010 111101010 1 0110101001010 0010 001111 1101010 111 0110110 11111 1 101010100 010010001001 00101 110100001 01101 10111 01010100001 10 1110 01 11101 10111 101010101 1010110100100 1101011 0110101000 11 111110001 101010101001 1101101 1110 0100101 1101 1100 01011 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 155
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; of, soul, to, as, in are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines endures is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase endures connects the lines.

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

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