This is an analysis of the poem Any Saint that begins with:
His shoulder did I hold
Too high that I, o'erbold... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbb ccdd eeXf ggff hhXi ggaa djkk iicc jdll aafg kkdX llff dXaa bbiX jdmm bbff nnaa ooii iibb ppaa nXii aXbX Xjkk ffpp aajd ffii Xdbb lpll hhhh XXbb ddbb aapl fgqq Xaii aXii kkii rrdd hhss llaa djii nndX ffii bbXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011 1111100 11 1101 110101 010101 11 1111 101111 010111 1 010001 1101110 1101110 11 1011 100100 010011 11 0110 1011010 11001010 01 1011 111110 110100 11 1111 111101 100101 11 1101 011100 100100 11 0101 110101 010100 11 1100 110011 111001 11 11000 110011 101011 01 0101 101101 101100 11 11001 100111 101001 1 00110 010100 111101 11 01101 1001010 1110110 1 00101 101101 01101 11 1111 001101 011101 11 0101 011011 110101 01 00111 111101 010101 1 00101 110101 100100 01 1101 111001 000101 1 10100 110000 1011100 1 11111 011111 0010101 11 0111 101001 100111 100 1101 1011001 110100 01 1111 101000 1110001 1 10100 110111 010100 11 0101 1010101 110101 11 01011 110110 010100 010 0010 110111 011101 11 0111 100101 111111 11 0110 10010110 1111010 1 01111 111110 111111 01 0111 111001 0111100 11 1101 010101 0100111 1 11101 111001 011100 1 10111 110101 110111 11 1011 111111 10001 11 11001 011010 010100 1 01101 0010101 011101 10 1100 111111 010101 11 1101 1110111 110111 11 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 43
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 172
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same words and, not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase thee connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Any Saint;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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