This is an analysis of the poem The Great Explosion that begins with:

The universe expands and contracts like a great heart.
It is expanding, the farthest nebulae...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXdXebXcXdbXbfX cXghaXicjjgfciffhdegac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011111011 0001001010 10010100101 001100110011100 11110 1011110111001 1011011 11010101101101 100110101101 10010101010101 100010111010 100110111101010 1101001 01100 11011110100 11 111100010110011 01010011010 101100100 11101010100100 10011110101010 1110010101011100 11011101 101111010110011 111111101 01110100011000 1001 101000101 11111101010010 110011011111 101101110001010110 1011001 1001000011111 1010111011 1001010010110 11110101011 100011110100100 101111111110 010100100100100111 01010001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1039
  • Average number of words per stanza: 168
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (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; and, no are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Great Explosion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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