This is an analysis of the poem The Sky Is An Immortal Tent Built By The Sons Of Los that begins with:
The sky is an immortal tent built by the Sons of Los:
And every space that a man views around his dwelling-place... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaXabcXaXdXdbcaXXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101110101 110011011010101 10101110010101 010110011100101 1101011011011 01011101011101 01010111011111 1111011111101 10110101010101 100111101001001 1101011110010 101101010100100 100110110000010010 0101110010101110 01010010010111001 110011010110011 0101010010101001 1100110101001110 000100010100101011 011000100111010 010111010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1279
- Average number of words per stanza: 233
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, on, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, the are repeated.
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