This is an analysis of the poem Brother Benedict that begins with:

Brother Benedict rose and left his cell
With the last slow swing of the evening bell.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdX bbeeffX ggbbhhX bbeeiiX jikkllX ddggggX ggkkbXX kkddkkX iikkmmX iijjllX ggnnffX gglliiX eeggggX iimmllX ggiiddX kkkkeeX aaaaggX ggggeeX ddggggX kkggllX kkllkkX jjdckkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010111101 0011100101 0011100101 11100100101 1100101111 1010010101 1000 111110101 011110111 10101101111 111101001 1101110101 1101111101 1000 101101111 100110101 111001001 011110111 010101101 10100111111 1000 101100101 11101011101 011010101 1010011111 1110110101 1010101001 1000 0111000111 101010101001 0100110111 10111111110 11101100101 10101100101 1000 1010011111 10101100101 110010101 011101101 101111101 111111101 1000 1110100101 1010010101 010101101 1111111101 010111101 1001100110 1000 101110110011 1010011001 1011011001 10101110111 101101001 10100111111 1000 0111000001 010100111 010110101 1111011110 0100101101 1111011001 1000 110010111 10100101 1110111010 11101011010 100100111 1101100111 1000 101111001111 1110101111 10100101101 01100100101 110010111 10101111111 1000 1100101101 1101101111 10111100101 11010101 1101111101 101101111011 1000 1011011001 1110011101 1010010111 10100100101 10111110101 11101111011 1000 1100110111 10101110101 0110101111 011111101 1100111111 010010101 1000 111100101 0011010101 10101101101 1101111011 011110111 0110100101 1000 0111100101 0100100101 0100100111 0100100111 110101001 10111111001 1000 1011011110 011100101 1100101111 11100101 111111101 100111101 1000 1110101010 11011011010 010101111 0100100101 1101011001 11101001001 1000 11110101101 0100110101 1110010111 00101100111 011100101 1110111101 1000 111110101 111101111 110010111 0111111111 111110111 1100100101 1000 10101101001 001111001001 1010010110001 0110010110001 01001001001 1011010010011 1000 1111110101001 0110100100 100100011 010101101 110110101 01110000101 1000
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 154
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; his, and, he, to, it, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, it, as are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Brother Benedict;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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