This is an analysis of the poem Comfort that begins with:
SPEAK low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet
From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabbaXcdXcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101110111 0101000111 1111111111 1111110110 1011010111 1011011101 1111110111 0101100101 0100010101 0101010101 1111011101 0100011101 1101011101 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 582
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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, low, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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