This is an analysis of the poem Judgment Hour that begins with:

“SPIRIT,” said God, “come up for Judgment now.”
The words seemed spoke in such familiar tone... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc a dXebX cdbcb cfgcg fhdbX Xeeif d ifih Xf XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,5,5,5,5,5,1,4,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011111101 0111010101 10010001001 1001101101 1101110101 01010110101 0111110111 0111010101 0111001111 11010100100 01010100101 1101000101 00101100101 11110101001 0111110100 1101011101 11001010111 1111010111 1010001100 0101110101 1101100001 1101001101 0110010001 0101010111 10110100101 1101011101 0011010101 01001110101 0110001001 1101010101 01001010101 0111110101 1001001101 1111010111 1101111101 1110100101 01001111110 1111001101 10011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; no, or, with are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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