This is an analysis of the poem For The Holy Family By Michelangelo that begins with:

TURN not the prophet's page, O Son! He knew
All that Thou hast to suffer, and hath writ.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXacXXccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011111 1111010111 11110010100 0101110111 11001001111 01001101000 1111010111 01010100100 10110101001 01011000111 0101010100 11010101001 0101111111 01101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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