This is an analysis of the poem On Building With Stone that begins with:

To be an ape in little of the mountain-making mother
Like swarthy Cheops, but my own hands...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXaXXX Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001101000101010 11011111 1101001101101 100110110 110111000111001 10001111011 11001001001111001 100110001 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of On Building With Stone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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