This is an analysis of the poem Forty Verses On Reality 1-10 that begins with:

1.
From our perception of the world there follows acceptance of a unique ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcbbbb XbdefgXh XXXXXXXgaeX XicXXjfe XXehe Xgbbddd XXhkXe Xecjeh Xhjfch Xgkig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,11,8,5,7,6,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010100011100100001 110001010010 100111 01011 011111 1011111 1010101 1 1010100011010 010111 10010010100 110101111 111111101101110101 1101001110101 1100100011 1 1101 1000101001000 11010 1 110100 1 11000101 1100100010110101001011 111111011010010010100 0111010 1 011111 011110001011 101010 100111111 01011101001 0101001 11100100100 1 0100010100111 11101110100110 01001010101 110010101010 1 0101011101000010 01101110 1111110 01010101 01010101 0100111001 1 110111011111010 001100110101010 10100101110 111111110110110 00100100 1 10110111111001010100 00100111010001111 101011010 0111110010010100 011110101010000 1 00100001110110001111101 100010101 011100101101001101 1110111110 111001 1 10101001101001100 1100110 01011001111101 1100100101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2686
  • Average number of words per stanza: 479
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, sees, he, ', eye, body, world, mind, and, one are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sees, ', organs are repeated).

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  • summary of Forty Verses On Reality 1-10;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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