This is an analysis of the poem The Base Of All Metaphysics that begins with:

AND now, gentlemen,
A word I give to remain in your memories and minds,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc Xc bXXddXeaeXfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 01110010110011 1110101111010 1001001010 10100101 10100110101101010 110101101110110 1001010110110110 1101101111010110 101 11101001111010101 100100110101101 110110110111011001 11 0110110110010010 1 001101011010110 0101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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, see are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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  • summary of The Base Of All Metaphysics;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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