This is an analysis of the poem In A School Chapel that begins with:

THE clear young voices rise and soar: 'Oh, pray
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111011111 1101001001 1101111111 1001111101 0101010101 01010011111 1001010001 1111111111 0111111101 1111110101 11011101110 10011111010 1101011111 0111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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