This is an analysis of the poem The Elixir that begins with:
Teach me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dbdX XcXc ecec cfcf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 011101 11110101 010111 110101 0100110 11011100 1100010 011111 101101 10110101 110110 110101 101011 10010101100 011111 010001 110001 11011111 1111101 000101 110101 11111111 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; it is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Elixir;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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