This is an analysis of the poem The H. Communion that begins with:

Not in rich furniture, or fine array,
Nor in a wedge of gold, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacc deedee fggfhh iaaibb jXjk cccc lklXXibib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001101 100101 110111 01111101 1111011110 100111 1101010011 110011 101111 11110011 11110001001 101111 1111110011 100111 111101 11101101 1101110011 101111 10111011001 100101 110101 10011101 11010011101 010011 11110111 1101010 01011001 0100010 011111001 1111010 01011111 11001010 11110011 0111010 110101011 1011100 11010101 101101 11110111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of The H. Communion;
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