This is an analysis of the poem The Temptation Of St. Anthony that begins with:
-After a design by Félicien Rops-
The Cross, the Cross is tainted! O most Just,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abbaabbacdXcdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 100011101 0101010111 0100111001 0101111101 0101010011 11110010111 0100111101 10111111101 01010101111 011011101 1011010111 11001000100 1111001101 1111010101 1100010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she are repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
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