This is an analysis of the poem Paradise Lost: Book X that begins with:
Thus they in lowliest plight repentant stood
Praying, for from the Mercie-seat above... full text
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1541,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 66305
- Average number of words per stanza: 11818
- Amount of lines: 1541
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; with, to, him, as, and, of, all, in, his, thy, had, or, by, thou, so, men, sea, be, thir, that, must, how, many, from, add, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, that, thy, of, in, had, and, his, so, from, the, thir, greatly, with, is are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fire is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases warr, sea, haile, foretold connect the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Paradise Lost: Book X;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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