This is an analysis of the poem The Ancient Banner that begins with:
In boundless mercy, the Redeemer left,
The bosom of his Father, and assumed...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXXdebXfgddbghaeidjkjdkflbmjnoobdoXkbkebbgXjeagojXbabpeqaaehbnodanfmnapjbbnqfedponabmbaqbbbdebjeaXbfjbbenbkagepaddjnXnborenXqoanXonnopbaeomeabeabnqefmnjegedbbhnsajbonaaedtgdnfddknebdebjnndendaqaebnbbpmjaubasqjfpjfpmeugeacgdincncjeandandnbpqqngjoaefnebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 644,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 26467
- Average number of words per stanza: 4568
- Amount of lines: 644
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; in, its, and, he, of, to, their, his, can, more, not, been, when are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, of, and, were, where, a, their, or are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines league is repeated).
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