This is an analysis of the poem When Brother Peetree Prayed that begins with:

’TWAS a sleepy little chapel by a wattled hill erected,
Where the storms were always muffled, and an atmosphere of peace... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacaaadd eaeafgfghhdd Xbcbicichhdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101010101010 101011101110101 1010101110101010 101010001010101 0011011001101010 001110100010001 11101010000101010 101010100011101 1110111010101 101100101011101 111010100010101 1010100101010001 1010101001101010 101110100011101 1010011011100110 111110101110111 101101010101010 101010101010101 1010101010110010 101011110010101 10100111010101 101010101010101 1110110101110001 11101100010101 101111000101000 1010101000010101 1111101000101110 101010100110011 1110101010111011 1110101010110111 0010010010101111 111010101010101 10100111010101 1010101001010101 101010100010001 10101011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 746
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, their, his, in, of, he are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word prayer at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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