This is an analysis of the poem Nunc Dimittis that begins with:
O Lord of Love, Thy servant thus doth pray:
Abide Thou where my Lady deigns to stay,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bb b ccc d Xdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,1,3,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110111 0111110101 1111011111 01010000110 110110110 1101010100 1111111111 1101101110 1011110001 1101011101 0111011111 0101100111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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 Nunc Dimittis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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