This is an analysis of the poem Corpus Christi that begins with:

Come, dear Heart!
The fields are white to harvest: come and see... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccaccdeed ccfgfhhgdXcbbdcccddcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111 0111010111 1001010100 010111 111101 1101011101 0100010101 1101001101 0111110101 1111010111 1111010101 1101010010101 0101010111 100101111101 1101001 0101000101 0101011101 0101110101 1101010001 01010101101 0101010101 1011 111101 0100111000 11000101001 111101 1111111001 1111011011 10101 11 111001 1101 1111000101 110111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 416
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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