This is an analysis of the poem A World Without Objects Is A Sensible Emptiness that begins with:

The tall camels of the spirit
Steer for their deserts, passing the last groves loud...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbb bXbc adXd Xece eeee bebeXaeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100010 11110100111 0011100100011000 10 11111 1100101 0010101010100 1001001101101 100101 110101 1011110101 0101110010110 110101 0101010 1110100111 1011011101010 011001 101110 10111111 00110010011010 110101 100101 010100101001 00101101100101 100101 101101 0010101001001 101001010101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of A World Without Objects Is A Sensible Emptiness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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