This is an analysis of the poem At The Close that begins with:

To Thee, dear God of Mercy, both appeal,
Who straightway sound the call to arms. Thou know'st;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111010101 1101010111 1111010101 01001110101 10010100111 1101010101 1111010101 1101010101 1011010101 0101110101 10101010011 1101110101 1101010101 11010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 600
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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 At The Close;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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