This is an analysis of the poem Bid Mccrae that begins with:
The church was wrapped in darkness save for the alter-light,
And save where near the marble rail six tapers glimmered bright...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee ddff ddaa ggff hhaa iidd jjcc XfggXaaiidd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0111010110101 111101011101001 110101010110101 100110100100111 01111100110101 11110111110111 11110101110011 11111101011101 01001111110101 011101010100111 1111110101011 11010111100101 11110101011111 11010101110101 111111010110101 111101010010101 110111111100101 00110111110101 01100101011001 01010101110001 01010101010101 01010111111101 111101001110101 1101110010101 11110101010101 11010100110101 11011101010111 11010101111101 10110101110111 11110111011111 01010111110101 11010111010101 110101011101001 11011101010111 11010101010101 11010101010101 11111101110100 11010100010110 11010101110101 101110101110101 11110101010111 11010101110101 11011101010101 01110111111111 01111101110001 11010101111100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, s, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bright is repeated).
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