This is an analysis of the poem Like The Gods. . . that begins with:
In my eyes he matches the gods, that man who
sits there facing you--any man whatever--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc deda cXfg ecfgXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111001111 11101101110 1000100001001 11110 10011011110 10101001111 11111101011 11010 11111111110 10101001111 11101101010 11110 11101101001 010111001010 101010110010 1010 11100111001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, my are repeated.
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- history of its creation;
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