This is an analysis of the poem Dear Savior Of A Dying World that begins with:

“The Lord is risen.”
Dear Savior of a dying world,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbccaca defeccgc aacagbcb hdidigjg dkbkecgc blcllghg lajakcaXXgakajfbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 11000101 111110 00111111 111101 11010101 110001 10011111 011101 11010111 111101 01111101 01100 101100101 111101 010100101 010101 11011111 111101 01010111 111111 11110011 110101 11110111 0101001 11101011 0100101 01110101 010101 010100101 111111 0100011 111101 11010101 010101 01010101 1010101 01010001 111111 11010101 101101 11110111 111101 11011111 010100 11010101 111101 11000101 110111 11111101 110101 10110101 101011 10010011 000101 10110111 110100 11110101 011101 01001101 111101 10010101 110101 10110010 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to, day are repeated.

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

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