This is an analysis of the poem A Prayer: Matins that begins with:
Lord, Thou hast promised. Lo! I give Thee back
Thine own great Word. Keep it. I summon Thee.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXcX XaXddebdXfghhhedidddfbffdb gXiXdacdgb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,26,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111 1111101101 1011111111 1111010101 0111111101 1110011010 1001111110 0111100111 11011100100 1100110111 1100110111 1101101101 011101 1111 1111110110 1101111101 01011111010 1101011101 11110100111 0101110101 111 1110011 11110100101 0111010011 1111010111 1101001111 0111010111 1101 100111 111101 11 11011101 10 1111011111 1111010101 1101110100 1111010001 1110011111 1011010111 1011011111 1100011100 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 494
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; god, my, i, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines save is repeated).
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- summary of A Prayer: Matins;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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