This is an analysis of the poem The Chantry Of The Cherubim that begins with:

O CHANTRY of the Cherubim,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaabb cdcdcc efefgg hihibb ajajdd fkfkccXchchff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000100 110101 01110111 110101 010100101 01010101 101111011 010111 10111111 010111 000101011 01011111 111110001 111101 11110001 110101 10111111 11011111 11011111 111101 100101011 010101 100100101 11110001 110110101 010101 11110101 110001 11110101 011101001 11110111 111101 10010101 110001 01000101 010100111 11111111 111101 11110111 010101 101101001 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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