This is an analysis of the poem The Growth of the God that begins with:

BURNING gold, and light;
by the same token: trumpet flourishes!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcd XbcbXX Xbba XXdX Xbeedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 1011010100 1001 001000100 11010101 0101010 11011111 10001101 1100111 11100 11011010 10101 111110101 1001 10011111 0010101110101 101010 010101001 101100101101 0101110111 0101010011010 1011010010101 011101010011 1100101 111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Growth of the God;
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