This is an analysis of the poem Completion that begins with:

When I shall meet God’s generous dispensers
Of all the riches in the heavenly store, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcbcb dedefgfg Xedeahah iiiiiiii ahahabab ejejckck
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111100010 01010001001 11011111000 1100110101 10011111010 1101110001 11011111010 1111110111 11110111010 0101001101 11111101010 1111110111 11110101110 1111010111 11011111010 0111110101 111101010010 0101111001 11111011010 1101010111 110100111010 0101011101 11111100110 0101010111 11010101010 11010011111 01011101110 1101110111 01110100010 1101010101 11111101010 11011110101 11011101010 1111011101 01010101010 1101000101 11011111010 00110010111 10111101010 1101010111 11011101010 1101010101 01010011110 0111110101 01110011010 01010101101 11111101010 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, my, than, i, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Completion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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