This is an analysis of the poem God that begins with:

Day and night I wander widely through the wilderness of thought, Catching dainty things of fancy most reluctant to be caught. Shining tangles leading... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010101000110101010101000110101011101000101110101010100010 1010101011101010 1011101000100110 1110101010001111 001010101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 96 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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