This is an analysis of the poem The Heretic In The Temple that begins with:

Lone did I go within the ancient place,
With hushèd voice, and slow and reverent tread;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcccbababbabdbcc bbbbadbdbXdcefcfghXhgaea bdbdijbjkXXXicccakikfdjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,24,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010101 0111111001 11011100101 0101000101 0101110101 0111010100 10011100101 1101010101 1001011111 011010001 1101010101 1101000101 1110100101 01100010101 1101010100 01001110001 1101110011 1111011101 1101010101 1111010011 1101100101 0111000101 01110101001 1101111101 1111110101 0101010101 0101011101 1111010101 11010100101 01010100010 1101010011 01010101001 1001001111 0101010001 10001000101 10010100101 0111001101 010100101010 0101011000 11110101010 1110110111 1101100101 1111111111 01010000101 1011111111 11111000111 11110000101 0101111101 1101000111 0101010001 1101010101 0101011101 1101010101 0101011101 1111010101 1101110101 1101010111 0101011101 1101110101 1101010101 1101010001 1011011101 1001010101 1001111001 1011011111 0001011111 1101111111 0101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 992
  • Average number of words per stanza: 180
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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; his, thou, and, of, thy, then are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Heretic In The Temple;
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  • history of its creation;
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