This is an analysis of the poem Brink Of Eternity that begins with:

In desperate hope I go and search for her
in all the corners of my room; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX Xa aX Xb XX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01001111110 01010011 1101 1101 1111100110001 1100011011 11001101011 111001010001101 1111101011 111001001000110110 111100110001111 11110100110 100001010 111111111 001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Brink Of Eternity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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