This is an analysis of the poem Come, Said Jesus that begins with:
Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Come, said Jesus' sacred voice,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbccddaaddeeddffggff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111111011010110111 1110101 1111111 1011011 1010101 11100101 1110111 1110101 1010101 1111101 1111101 11101101 1010101 1110101 01011111 1011101 01010111 1011101 11111001 1110101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, long are repeated.
The author used the same word come at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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