This is an analysis of the poem The Empty Bowl that begins with:

I held the golden vessel of my soul
And prayed that God would fill it from on high.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcdXcdX
  • 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: 1101010011 1111110011 1101010001 11010100101 01110101011 1101011101 0101010101 11101100110 1001010011 0111110111 1101001111 1101010101 1101110001 11010001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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

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