This is an analysis of the poem The Unseen Preacher that begins with:

He spoke of souls that stooped and sinned,
Of hearts that turned to roam;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xded XdXX cdfd adXd egfg Xdad Xddd abdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 011101 11010100 011101 01010100 111111 11110111 011101 11111000 111101 11011101 111101 11110101 010101 11010011 010111 10010101 110101 10011101 110101 10010111 010101 11011101 100101 101110011 100101 10010101 1100101 11011101 110111 11111111 010111 11111101 111111 10010111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, or are repeated.

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  • summary of The Unseen Preacher;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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