This is an analysis of the poem Christ Betrayed that begins with:

Eighteen hundred years agone
Was that deed of darkness done - ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbccccaaddeeeeaaffffggbbcchhffbbbbbbiigXjjaaggXXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110010 1110101 1110111 0010101 1100101 10000101 1010011 10000101 1011101 0110111 1001101 0111101 0110101 1001111 111001001 1110101 1110111 1110101 1110101 1001101 1011101 0110110 1110110 0110101 1110101 0010101 10101011 1110100 1010101 1010111 1010011 1010101 1101111 1011101 0011101 0110011 1011011 0010011 1010111 1110111 1010111 1000100 01101001 0001111 0010111 0010001 0010101 1110101 10101100 001001100 1011101 1000101 1011101 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1650
  • Average number of words per stanza: 295
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, if, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words was, when, thou, of are repeated.

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

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