This is an analysis of the poem The Candle Of The Lord that begins with:
“The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.”
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXa XbXb Xaca dede afaf ghgh hbhb acac XgXg icic jbjX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010010010001 01001101001101110100 1 1101110111 1101010101 11110100110 111101 1101111100 0101010101 1100010101 001101 1101111001 101011111 1100111101 100101 1001010101 1100010101 0111110001 001100 1101010111 01100011011 1101010111 110111 11011000111 10010010101 01010101110 110101 1101010111 0101010111 1001010111 100101 1111010101 1111111101 0101110101 110111 1100111001001 1101000101 1111110111 010001 1101111111 1100101101 1011000101 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; spirit, our, of, his, and, to, light, for, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, only, and are repeated.
The author used the same word our at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Candle Of The Lord;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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