This is an analysis of the poem De Profundis that begins with:
Oh why is heaven built so far,
Oh why is earth set so remote?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec fgfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 11011101 11010101 1101 11110101 11010001 11010101 0111 110101010 01111101 111101010 1101 11110101 11010111 11111111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word oh is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of De Profundis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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