This is an analysis of the poem A Sermon that begins with:
Midsummer, 1867.
We have heard many sermons, you and I,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabccb deeeeXfggf hihhhi agggg jahhX hkbbk a laal ghhhh akddk edffd eaggX ijddj amhhm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,6,5,5,5,1,4,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101 1111010111 110111 1101000101 0101110111 111011 11001010101 0100101 1101110001 1101010111 110100 11110101010 0100101 1011110111 11010010001 111101 1101010111 011101 01111100101 0111100111 0101011001 100111 1101111111 010101 1101111101 0101110101 110111 0101010111 110101 1111000111 1111110101 111100 0101111111 010101 0111110101 1011011101 101111 1101111111 110101 0101010011 1100010101 101011 1101010101 110111 0101111001 0101010101 010101 1111011111 111111 11010010111 1101010101 110111 1111010101 011101 0101010001 0101011101 010111 1111110001 111101 11111101111 1101000101 110100 11001010011 110011 1011111101 0101111101 010101 1111010111 011111 1011110011 0100110001 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, we, the are repeated.
The author used the same words we, it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of A Sermon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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