This is an analysis of the poem The Physical Conscience that begins with:
The moral conscience — court of last appeal —
Our word of God — our Heaven- sent light and guide —... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddc eeeeaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0101010101 11011101111 0111011101 0101010101 11011101010 1101010111 1111110101 01010101010 1101000100 10011110111 0111000101 0111000101 0111011101 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, in are repeated.
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