This is an analysis of the poem I Seek Salvation that begins with:

I seek salvation.
My fires blaze on mountains' far heights - ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdcA XabXA dadXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 110111011 01010001 1101110001 110111111 11010 01010110001 011011001010 1111110101 11000 11010 0101001111 110101010 1101011011 1111011101 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word salvation at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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