This is an analysis of the poem Stoneman In Heaven that begins with:
The Seraphs came to Christ, and said: 'Behold!
The man, presumptuous and overbold,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XX aaXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101011110 0101001100 1101010101 1101110101 1001011011 0100100101 1101000101 0101010101 1101010101 11010101010 1101010100 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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