This is an analysis of the poem O Mind, Acquire The Greatest Treasure that begins with:

O Mind, acquire the greatest treasure, the jewel invaluable!
Hoard the fortune and amass the essence,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXX bbXXA XbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010100100100 1010101010 10111010 11110110110 1111100 00100110101101 011101010 11010010100100100 100100011101101101 110110101010001100 11010010100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word invaluable at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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  • summary of O Mind, Acquire The Greatest Treasure;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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