This is an analysis of the poem O World Of Many Worlds that begins with:

O World of many worlds, O life of lives,
What centre hast thou? Where am I?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh aaaa eXei dada jiji adXd ddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 11011111 1100011101 11111111 01010011101 11010101 111011101 11010011 1111111111 101100001 11110101 11111101 1111011111 10011001 11010101 1111011111 1110010001 110101010 1101110011 011100010 1111010001 1101001000 11011101101 11110101 00010011101 10010111 1001010101 110101001 00010111010 10010111 10010011110 11010011 110011101001 11011101 1110011100 11010111 1101011101 11111010 1101010110 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, or, in, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

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