This is an analysis of the poem Evening Prayer that begins with:

NOT to the terrible God, avenging, bright,
Whose altars struck their roots in flame and blood, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dcdcefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010010101 1101110111 10010111001 0100001001 1001110101 11010010001 1101111101 111101 0111010101 011011101 0111010101 11110100111 1001100101 01011110101 1101010111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; who, to, no are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Evening Prayer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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