This is an analysis of the poem The Dead Christ that begins with:

Take the dead Christ to my chamber,
The Christ I brought from Rome; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcded afcfgggg ghdhcccc gijieXef ekgkdcjc ikekXckc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110 011101 10101010 1110101 1110010 111100 11101110 1111100 0111010 111111 11101010 111111 101110011 111101 101100101 111101 1011011 111111 111111100 1010111 1001010 110111 10111101 011101 1011111 01010101 00100010 111101 1100010 111101 11101010 110101 1101010 010111 11011110 111101 101100010 110111 110010101 0010101 1101110 110111 1111110 111111 1101010 111111 011111011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; i is repeated.

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

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