This is an analysis of the poem Greatest Of Beings! Source Of Life! that begins with:

Greatest of beings! Source of life!
Sovereign of air, and earth, and sea!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dede fgXg efaf hhXhXcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 10011111 110111011 01010101 10110101 110101010 11110101 111101010 11110111 11110101 110010011 11110101 11010111 11110101 111100101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11110011 11010101 11110101 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; of, and, all, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, or are repeated.

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