This is an analysis of the poem On Seeing The Ivory Statue Of Christ that begins with:

The enthusiast brooding in his cell apart
O'er the sad image of the Crucified, —... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccddXdccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 001011000101 10011000101 010111111 01010101001 0100100100011 1011000101 1101110111 11010000101 0101010100 0101011111 1101001101 100100100111 1111001101 1001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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