This is an analysis of the poem The New Decalogue that begins with:
Have but one God: thy knees were sore
If bent in prayer to three or four.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff ee gg dX hh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 01010111 01110011 01001101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110101 10110101 11110101 111100011 01000101 11110101 11010001 01010111 01010101 11110111 11111101 11010101 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- 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; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The New Decalogue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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