This is an analysis of the poem A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break that begins with:

I will accept thy will to do and be,
Thy hatred and intolerance of sin,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddc eccefeefXdbbddccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001100110 1101010001 1011011101 110101 1011010101 0111010011 0110100101 011100 1110111101 0100110001 11010011101 111111 01010011101 1111010111 111100111001 110101 1101110111 1111011101 1111010101 111101 0111110111 1111011001 1101110100 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, thy, i, nor are repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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