Rest by Ameen Rihani: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Rest that begins with:

Long have I a word enshrined
And worshipped with a piety blind! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaabbddeeffggbbaadXhhggiibbaeddii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 110001001 1110101 0011001 1111101 1110111 1011101 10100101 0110111 0110111 0111011 1011101 1001101 1010011 0010101 0111011 011111001 01010001 10111101 1001101 1011001 10101001 111010101 1000100 0111011 0111011 1011001 1010101 11101110 10101010 1110101 11011001 11111001 11111111 11100101 0011101 1100111 110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 229
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; thy, in, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

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  • summary of Rest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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