This is an analysis of the poem So many droplets in the sea that begins with:

So many droplets in the sea, in bread so many grains;
So too of our multiplicity, nothing but God remains....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001011101 110110100101101 10101100101 01001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so is repeated.

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

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