This is an analysis of the poem The Sacrifice that begins with:
Oh all ye, who pass by, whose eyes and mind
To worldly things are sharp, but to me blind; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaB aaaB cccB dddB eefB gggB eXeB bbbB bbbB hhhB fffB eeeB dddB aaaB iiiB jjjB dddB kkXB lljB mmmB aaaB XffB cccB lllB XljB lXlB eeeB XmmB ljlB effB lllB ffXB mmmB eeeB bbbB jjjB kkXB mmmB nnnB lllB dddB nnnB dddB XooB eeeB fffB mmmB bbbB fffB mmmB lllB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111111 0101111011 0111111111 110111 0100110101 0111011111 1101011101 110111 0111111111 1001010101 11110011111 110111 1101010101 1111110111 0111010111 110111 1101101101 1111000101 1111111101 110111 11111111110 11010111010 11011000110 110111 11101000101 01011101000 1011111111 110111 1101011101 11001011101 1011111101 110111 0101111111 0111110001 1011011101 110111 0111111101 1101010101 1101111101 110111 1011011001 1111011111 0111010111 110111 1111111001 0111011101 1101011111 110111 1101011101 0111111101 1101100101 110111 1011000101 1111010111 1111010101 110111 0111011101 1111111001 1101010011 110111 1101101100 1101000100 1101110100 110111 1111010001 011111101 1111011111 110111 1101110111 1111010101 1101110100 110111 1111110101 1101001001 1111001100 110111 1011011111 1111011001 1101010111 110111 1001011111 0101001001 1101111101 110111 01011010000 1101001100 1100110100 110111 1101010101 0101010101 1111110001 110111 1101010111 1111001101 0101010111 110111 1111011100 00111101111 1101110100 110111 1001010111 11110110011 010011001 110111 1111111111 1011011111 1111111011 110111 1111011110 11110111 1100111011 110111 1101001101 0101010100 101111111 110111 1001010011 1101011111 1101011111 110111 1100110111 1101011101 1101111111 110111 1111111100 1011111100 1111001000 110111 1011111111 1101110011 1101111101 110111 0111110101 1111010111 1001001100 110111 1111010001 110111101 1111011101 110111 10110111110 110011110110 11010101110 110111 1111010101 1111110111 1101111100 110111 1111111111 1111010111 1111110101 110111 0101100101 1101110111 1111010111 110111 1001011101 1111000101 1101001101 110111 1111010111 111101111 1111101101 110111 1101110101 0111110101 01110111101 110111 1001110101 1111010111 0101010101 110111 1111011111 1101110011 1101011101 110111 1111011111 1101111011 1111100111 110111 0101010111 11000100101 1101011111 110111 111111001 11001110111 1101111111 110111 1110111101 1111111101 1101101101 110111 1110011001 1101101111 1101011101 110111 1111110111 1101011101 0011001101 110111 1111110111 1101111101 0101011101 110111 1111100101 01011111110 1110110111 110111 1101010111 1101111101 1101011011 110111 1111111111 0101110100 1111 101111 11111101001 1110110101 1001111111 110111 1111010111 0110111111 1101110101 110111 0101111101 1101011101 1100110101 110111 0111111111 11111100100 0111110011 110111 0111001011 1110110101 0101010100 110111 1111001001 1101011101 0101011101 110111 1111011101 1101011111 1111100101 110111 1101111101 1101111111 1111110011 110111 111111010 1111111111 1011011111 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 63
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 252
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, me, my, they, and, with, their, god, i, now are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, my are repeated.
The author used the same words herod, then, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word mine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mine connects the lines.
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- summary of The Sacrifice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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