This is an analysis of the poem A Litany that begins with:
FIRST ANTIPHONE.
ALL the bright lights of heaven... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XababcccC XadadcccC XcAcaCeCe XcAcaCdCd Xbbbbfcfc Xddddfcfc XfgXggfgf hihibcbC XfgXggfgf hihibcbC Xfdfdjcjc bFbfcJcj klklacaC Xfdfdjcjc bFbfcJcjXkdkdacaC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,8,9,8,9,8,8,9,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100 1011010 1011101 1110110 1011101 101111101 111001 11111101 1011 10100 1011010 1111101 1110110 1011101 111111101 111001 1111101 1111 1100 101011001 110110 101010111 111010 101011001 101100 1110110001 1011100 1100 101101001 110110 111010111 111110 101011001 111101 1110110001 11101101 1100 01110111 110101 10110011 1110101 011101 01101 101011011 1101 1100 01110111 111101 11010011 1110101 111011101 111011 101011011 101111 10100 111111010 11101 10100010 101001 1010010 1010001 10101110 101011 111111110 100011 10111110 10111 111111111 101101 01101111011 1011 1100 10111010 10101 1010010 101001 10101010 101001 10101010 11001 01001110 11001 111110 1111 1111011 101101 1011111011 1111 1100 0110111001 111101 001111111 011101 01101110 10111 1110011010 11111 11101111 11111 11001111 11001 101011101 1010010 111101001 111010 111111 10101111 0010001 1101111 11101010 11101 0010011110 1011 1100 011011001 111101 001011111 011101 1110010010 11001 11111010 11111 1110111 11111 1111011 11011 001011111 1010010 111011001 111010 110111 10101111 01001101 10101111 11010010 11001 1111011010 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 138
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; thee, for, of, with, we, by, to, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, thou, for, but, o, would, your, and, thy, our are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee, us are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words god, lord at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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