This is an analysis of the poem Veni Creator that begins with:

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LORD of the grass and hill, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede fgfg hghg babX hchc ijij klkl jeje eaea X cccc jccc jama mjXj gcic Xccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 100111 1001 110100 1001 111111 110101 101101 1111 100111 1001 110101 1001 101111 101111 101111 1111 100111 1001 111101 111 100101 1001 100101 1011 110101 101111 100101 1111 100101 11001 111101 1011 100111 1001 101111 1111 111101 1111 101101 1001 1 1011010 100101 0111010 010101 1111110 010101 01010100 010011 1010110 110101 1111010 011100 1111010 101101 0101110 010111 01110010 011101 0101010 100101 0111000 110101 1001010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, bear are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word lord at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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