This is an analysis of the poem Divine Visitation that begins with:
THE HEAVENS lay hold on us: the starry rays
Fondle with flickering fingers brow and eyes: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabcbbcX
- 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: 01011110101 10010010111 0101010101 1001011111 1011000101 1111111101 1011010111 1001010011 1111000101 0101011101 010011001010 1001111101 11010101011 10010101000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from is repeated.
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