This is an analysis of the poem The Decline Of The West that begins with:

Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101010100100 1 1010110100111100 101 101001001110010 0101 10101110111110100 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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