This is an analysis of the poem The Rapture that begins with:

I drank your flesh, and when the soul brimmed up
In that sufficing cup,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeddffgghheeiijjhhggkkbbgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110111 011001 1101101111 110111 1111111111 110111 01010001001 110101 1001001111 101101 0101001101 110100 1100010101 101111 0101010101 001111 01001111110 0011010 1101010101 100101 1011110101 1011100 1111001111 110111 11010010101 101101 1111001001 110101 0101110101 010111 0111010111 100111 11001010100 0101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 215
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, and, should are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Rapture;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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