This is an analysis of the poem The Singing In God's Acre that begins with:

Out yonder in the moonlight, wherein God's Acre lies,
Go angels walking to and fro, singing their lullabies.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb CcDDDX eeff CCeeeX ffgg CCDDDX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,6,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011011101 11010011101101 110011101111101 1110101100100101 1011 0101001 1100101 11001001 1101111 1110 010011101111101 11010100010101 1101010011101001 01000100110101 1011 0101001 11100101 110000101 11111111 1110 010101000111101 100100101011101 11111101010101 110100001011101 1011 0101001 1100101 11001001 1101111 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; their, sleep, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Singing In God's Acre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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