This is an analysis of the poem Marvel Of Marvels that begins with:

MARVEL of marvels, if I myself shall behold
With mine own eyes my King in His city of gold; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXaXaaaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100100111101 011111001001 101010101001 10111010101010 1010101010100 111010110001001 111111111100100 1011011101011 10101110100101 011101001001 100101011100111 1001111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in, see, cold are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, cold are repeated.

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