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

Mountains, a moment's earth-waves rising and hollowing; the
earth too's an ephemerid; the stars-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXaabbcXcdXdXdXefeXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111011000 111100001 11110110001001101 10110 11110110010101 1011 1000101000100010001 011101 10101100101000010 01000101100 01001100100101010 0100 1011011001001010 110110 0010100101001101 1110 11000101011101010 010011110 1111111011010 1110100010 0101101111011101 1000010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1017
  • Average number of words per stanza: 180
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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

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

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