This is an analysis of the poem For the Old Gnostics that begins with:

The Fathers put their trust in the end of the world
And they were wrong. The Gnostics were right and not ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaXcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010111001001 11010100111 11010101101 1100110101 10100110010 101101010 1010100111 010001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • central theme;
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