This is an analysis of the poem The Burnt Offering that begins with:
Thrice-happy he whose heart, each new-born night,
When old-worn day hath vanished o'er earth's brim,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101111111 11111101011 1111110101 1001010111 11110010101 00111100001 1101010111 0101101101 0111011100 0111010111 1001011001 11001011100 11010011101 11010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Burnt Offering;
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- idea of the verse;
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