This is an analysis of the poem Be Absolved By My Decree that begins with:
Be absolved by my decree
Of all treachery...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabc d dcXXa aXbac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011101 01100 10110 11101011 0101011 01110 101111101 0010010001 0100010101 11001 110010 101111111001 11100101 0111011 10100111 0101111 0100111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; of, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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