This is an analysis of the poem Gospel that begins with:

The new grass rising in the hills,
the cows loitering in the morning chill,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadacefageXaahahecadbagXefXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110001 0110000101 010111110 001100101 010101110 01011111 100111011 01010111 11110101 1101110 001101101 10111110 110011011 11011011 110101 111010 11001001 01011011 00101110 01100010 11011011 11110011110 111101 01111001 1001011 0101110101 101010111 1101001 11101100 11011110 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1072
  • Average number of words per stanza: 198
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines year's is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Gospel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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