This is an analysis of the poem Saul that begins with:
Thou whose spell can raise the dead,
Bid the prophet's form appear. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX aaccbbddXX XaaacceeccffaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1111010001 1101010001 111100011 0111010101 0101010101 1011001101 0111111001 11001010101 1111011101 1111010100 1011100 1011101 0011101 1011111 1111110 1010101 1010101 1110111 1111101 11111001 1111111 11101001 1010111 0111111 1010101 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.
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- summary of Saul;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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