This is an analysis of the poem What The Lord Saith that begins with:
Trust my father, saith the eldest-born;
I did trust him ere the earth began;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc adad efefXfdfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010101 101110101 101100001 101101001 1111111010 011011110 1110101010 111010100 100111101 101011101 101001101 1110100101 1010110110 111010101 1110000110 101110111 110110101 101110101 101011111 101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, him, not, i, come are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What The Lord Saith;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by George MacDonald
- Analysis of When The Storm Was Proudest
- Analysis of Who Lights The Fire?
- Analysis of Who Would Have Thought?
