This is an analysis of the poem To The God Of Pain that begins with:

UNWILLING priestess in thy cruel fane,
Long hast thou held me, pitiless god of Pain, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccc cc dada aaeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101001101 11111100101 1011010101 110110100111 01000100100 1111110101 010001111001 0101110001 1111011111 11111101101 10110011010 1101101111 111101111110 0111010101 1111011111 0101010111 1101111101 1111010011 1101011111 0111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, like are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To The God Of Pain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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