This is an analysis of the poem Meditation On Saviors that begins with:

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When I considered it too closely, when I wore it like an element...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcde fgbh bhdi Xhjc dkbl medf bckn gjab Xenbj dghc hnen dboa lXda mXXn ahhm Xbhil nhbn gnmX Xebnm lbip bXij mbmX admgn abXmm gheb ggbc ocdn dbnb Xaeaa loem XXmb ondg knfb ojbb hbdp Xg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110100110111011100 110110 100111001101010 10100010100 11110101101101001 100110 0111010010010011 100101101 1101001110011011 1011001001 111010101111010 1001011110 0101111101010 01001001011 1010111010100100 1010100010 1011011101100 11101001010 1100110101010010 10110011 0001010011001 101011010010 1000100111001010 1010110011 010111110111 10011000110 100110110101001010 01010100 01011101011101 1101010010 1001110100101011 1101001 1 110110010101011 1001110 110011001111010 0101101100 10010110111001100 0101001 01001110010011000 1110010010 1100101000101111 100011 100101011101011 001101001 100100110110010 1011111110100 1101111100110 010011011 01100111111010100 01011111 10111010100100 10011011011 1101110100110010 11001 11110101101010 10111100100 10100001001110101 11111011 101111011011100 111100101 1 1110111001010011 100101101 0101110110010010 11010100100 110111110010101 01001010110 11001001111001 01011110011 1111010011111111 10111011 100101010001011 1011000100 1 11110010011011 010101110001 1001110011001011 011100101 11000111010110100 101101011 1011010101011011 01111011 010010010110111 01110110 1011010100101001 0101000100100 11111011011001010 100100110 100111010110101 1101010100 1 1100111110001000 101101011 101110101000111010 0101011 1 10110101001 100001011100 10010111010101010 1110101 010111111011111 0110111100 0101111001110010 111101101110 111011010100011 110101010001 1010010101001001 10011010 110101110101010100 11100101110 100111011010100 011110011 011111001011110 101111001 010111001111001 1100010100100 1 11111100010110101 101000 101101110101011 1101001111 11010100010110100 0100110001 01010010101010100 01000101010 01000101000101 110011010 0101111110110 10101011 1110011110100111 10010111011 010000011001110 1101110 000101011011010 101010010100 011101001101 101001111100 11111111010010 1011000100 1101011001110100 01110001110 101100110011100 0100111010 101101010010010 01011010110 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 150
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it, in, nor, and, same, not, of, human, they, beauty are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, themselves are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines man is repeated).

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