This is an analysis of the poem A Prayer that begins with:

O HOLY SPIRIT of the Hazel, hearken now:
Though shining suns and silver moons burn on the bough, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110100010101 110111011101 110101110101 100101011011 100101110111 11011100111001 100110110001 111100110111 0101110101010 0111010111010 100101110111 011100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Prayer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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