This is an analysis of the poem Heliodorus In The Temple that begins with:
A sound of woe in Salem! - mournful cries
Rose from her dwellings - youthful cheeks were pale,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecaff gdgddd cgXgff ghghff gbgbff XcdcXaei dedejj feficc djdjcc dXff dgdgdd ababffXeeeebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,6,6,6,8,6,6,6,4,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010101 1001010101 110101111 110100011001 11010010001 11001110101 1101010101 0101001101 0011011101 11010100101 111101 0 101 11010111001 1101010101 0101000101 1101010101 0111010101 110110001001 0101010101 1111010101 1101010001 100101010010 11010010101 111111111 1101000111 100111001001 10010001110 01010101001 11010001010 11010110101 1101011110 11111100011 0111010101 11010011001 1101010001 1111011101 01010100101 100101001000 10101010001 1011000111 0101010101 11 0 11110001 1101010100 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010001 11010101001 0101110101 0101010101 11010010001 01010010001 0101010100 1001111101 1111010101 1101010001 10111010101 1001010001 1101010001 1001010111 1001000101 1111010101 11010111001 10010001010 01000101010 1111011101 01001110101 00101110101 1111000101 1011001101 01010000101 1011011111 1100010011 10011100101 11010111001 11001010111 0101010001 01010100001 1101110101 1101010111 0101010101 0111000101 1001110011
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 86
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, away, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, his are repeated.
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