This is an analysis of the poem Deus Absconditus that begins with:
SINCE Thou dost clothe Thyself to-day in cloud,
Lord God in heaven, and no voice low or loud ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXdXeeccXXffXdee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111100101 11010111111 0111111001 0101010101 1101111101 1100110101 0101100100 01110010111 1101110101 01010010100 1101110111 1101111011 0111010001 0101010101 1111010101 11101010100 1011111111 10010010111 1111111100 1101010101 1101011111 0111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 997
- Average number of words per stanza: 177
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, its, some are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, some are repeated.
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