This is an analysis of the poem Risus Dei that begins with:
Methinks in Him there dwells alway
A sea of laughter very deep,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabcbcddbXe efefgegeegf hXhibhbhhbi idddidiiidXihjhjjiiXXjhXk iddiiggieell bkkbmmemkXebee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,11,25,12,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10011110 01010101 101001 110101 11110010101 100101 011101 0101 11 110101 1011010001 1111101101 1111000101 110111 1101011111 100101 110111 01 0111 100111 011101 110111 0111010101 1101010111 110110 1101010101 0100101 110111 00 1101 1101011 110101 110111 1011111111 1101011001 110101 0101 01011100111 01110111 01110101 010010010111 0101010101 1111110001 110101 1111111100 0100011111 1111011101 010111 0101 11110001 110001 100101 001101 10111 0101010 101101 1101010111 010110 01000101010 1011110110 110 1101010 001101 010001 1101000101 0011 110101 100101 1100110001 11010 10010100110 11111111 1001 0101110101 0100110111 110101001001 100001 01001010111 0101011111 1111111001 0011010101 011111 11001011111 0101 11001111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 85
- 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; and, laugh, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, is, mirth, of are repeated.
The author used the same word 'yet at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Risus Dei;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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