This is an analysis of the poem Ordained that begins with:

1.
THROUGH jewelled windows in the walls... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaabbaccX X bdbdccebbe X fgfghhijji X kekeggiggX X lXljgggggg X didicceXbe X kgkgbbeaae X eeXeggbllb X jcjcggmffm XXlilieejbbbj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110010001 010111 11010111 1011010 01110101 11010101 110101 110101001 01010101 110101 1 110011111 011101 111101001 110101 01110101 11010100 110101 011111011 01111111 011101 1 11000101 010111 011101001 110111 110011101 01111111 101111 10010111 01110001 011101 1 11110101 110111 11110101 01011 10110101 01010111 110101 00010111 01001001 000100 1 11110101 0101110 11110101 0100010 01010111 10110111 100101 01010101 01010111 101001 1 11010111 110101 11010111 111111 01110101 11011101 1101001 110110100 01001101 110111 1 11110101 110101 11000101 011101 10110111 10111101 110111 1101001 00100111 101101 1 11011101 110001 11111100 010101 01110110 01001100 010101 11110101 11011001 110101 1 101000001 000101 10011101 010011 11010111 01011101 010101 10010101 11011101 110101 1 11010111 111101 11111101 111101 11010101 01111110 111101 01110111 10011101 11011101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 111
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Ordained;
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