This is an analysis of the poem The Priest’s Brother that begins with:

Thrice in the night the priest arose
From broken sleep to kneel and pray....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcXccdedeefefagagahah bibXjkjkiXiXlhlhhahacXXiiXiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 01010111 11110111 110111111 11100101 1111100 01010111 11110111 11011101 01010111 11111101 01000101 11011111 01100100 01010101 01011100 11011101 01000111 01100101 00010001 01010101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11110011 01000101 01010101 11110011 01010101 11000101 11110001 11110111 10001111 11100011 01110111 11111101 01110101 11010011 11011111 01010101 101111111 111101111 111111101 010100111 111100011 101110101 11010100 101110101 0101010111 11001111 010111101 111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 964
  • Average number of words per stanza: 189
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

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  • summary of The Priest’s Brother;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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