This is an analysis of the poem His Going Forth Is From The End Of Heaven that begins with:

Over hill and valley, flame, O king of morning,
Before thee in thy glory the hoary vapours scud,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb bcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110111010 0110110010101 11110100101110 11010100100101 101110111010 11111101010011 110001001000100 101111101010101 101111111010 001011101110101 1011101010111010 1010010101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word over at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of His Going Forth Is From The End Of Heaven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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