This is an analysis of the poem Peccavi, Domine that begins with:
O Power to whom this earthly clime
Is but an atom in the whole,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabacdcd efefghgh ijijikik jgjgXhdh fafackck kbkbjkjk cicififX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110010101 01110001 11010111 11010101 01110111 10110111 01010101 10110001 110100101 11111111 11010101 11000101 11000101 11001001 01010101 11000111 11110101 11011111 11000100 110000110 11110011 11011101 110111001 11011111 11011101 10010111 11110111 01011101 11111100 01011111 11010101 11010111 01011111 11110101 110111011 11011101 11010111 01010101 11101011 11000101 11011101 11011111 01010111 01010111 111100101 1101111 11110101 11110011 11010011 01010111 01011111 01011111 11010011 01010101 11110001 01010100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; o, and, of, i, have, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, the, another are repeated.
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