This is an analysis of the poem Hands that begins with:

Inside a cave in a narrow canyon near Tassajara
The vault of rock is painted with hands,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXcXacXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 010100101011000 010101001 0101010011010111 1 1101011101 100111010111010 01011011110 0010001110001000110 11001110110 10111001011111 11 1100010011100 00100100100100101 11 100101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 646
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Hands;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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