This is an analysis of the poem Rest that begins with:

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When round the earth the Father's hands...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcadad efefgaga X eaeabhbh bhbhijij X bkbk debeb blblbbbb X jdjdmdmdXibibdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,1,8,8,1,4,5,8,1,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010101 110101 11010101 1100001 111100101 010101 111101101 100001 010101101 110101 01010111 1100111 10111101 110111 001101101 110111 1 10010101 111111 11010001 110111 11110101 010111 01011101 010001 01110101 010101 11011111 111101 11111011 010011 11110101 011011 1 11110101 01011 11010001 01011 1 11100101 010101 11010001 011111 00011101 010111 01010101 010101 01110101 110101 11010001 110101 1 11001101 110101 01010101 100101 10110111 010101 10010111 110001 11011101 110101 10110101 110101 01011111 110101 11010111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word stars at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Rest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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