This is an analysis of the poem Absolution Ii that begins with:

UNBIND thine eyes, with thine own soul confer,
Look on the sins that made thy life unclean, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaabab XcXcdaca adaddXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 1101111101 0111110100 1111111111 1101111110 1111011101 11001110111 1101111101 1111010110 0101100101 11111000111 10011010101 1111011101 0111010111 0111010111 1111111101 1011111101 0111111001 0101010110 1001010101 1111010101 11010101000 1111010101 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; thy, how, hast, thou, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Absolution Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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