This is an analysis of the poem Zion that begins with:
The Doorkeepers of Zion,
They do not always stand... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbadaaad XacaXaXXXa abdbaeaaae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100010 111111 0101110 010011 1101010 110100 1101010 1111010 1101010 010111 011001 111111 1111110 111101 110101 110101 110101 111111 111111 11011 1101010 111111 0110111 111011 1101010 010101 1111010 1111010 1101010 010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; zion, and, baal, for, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines zion, baal are repeated).
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- summary of Zion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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