This is an analysis of the poem Introit : V. Litany Of Beauty that begins with:
Joy, if the Soul or aught immortal be,
How may this Beauty know mortality?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bbbcddc ecfbefgcbgedddeb hibhbibjjbjjijjkk XbaaddaddXfjfjiiiiid ada bbll ejejmm mhm ghaag bmm lb lmmbXgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,16,17,20,3,4,6,3,5,3,2,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1001110100 1101010100 11001101 100010001 11101101001 0100101010 111011 110100101 011010010010 110101 101100101001010 100101 11010101 11111001 11010101 101110101 10101110 11111 11010101 011000011 101101 010100001 101111 0011101 00101101 100101 11110101 1001011 10011111 11111101 100101101 1010101001 10010111 011111 11011101 10101101 1100101101 100111001 10100101 10010101 00101001101 010001 11001010 10101001 100101 10010101 10010101 11010011101 1010101 110101111001 11011100111 1101011110 01001111111 1111010101 11110111 01110101 111111001 11010101 010101 01100101001 101101101 110101111 100101111 100101111 100111001 100101 100101 100101 100111111 100111 100101 10101101 10011101 11110110101 110101 100111 1001010 111010111 10001 100101110 10011 10110111 1100101 100101 110101 00101101101 011001 1001001 101001 101101 101101 1001001 010011111 100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 94
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; gold, and, never, white, or, of, from, o, that, thy, beauty are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, beauty, ever are repeated.
The author used the same word beauty at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase white connects the lines.
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