This is an analysis of the poem A Word that begins with:
A word came forth in Galilee, a word like to a star;
It climbed and rang and blessed and burnt wherever brave hearts are;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc Xdaaee ffgggg bbddeef fdXhh iijjkk fXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,5,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01110101011001 01111111010111 01010101010101 011101010110101 011100101100101 010100101010111 01011000010101 01000101010001 010010111010111 01010101010101 01110101010101 10010101010111 01011000010111 011101011010111 01000101010101 11110111010001 01010111010111 010010101010111 11011000100101 1101010101010101 01010100010101 01010101101101 01110101011101 01000101010001 0111001011100101 0101010011101 010110000101010 01110101011101 0101010010101001 010001110010001 010010111111111 01000101010111 010101010010101 10010101011101 01011000010101 01000111011111 01000101011111 0100101010100100 110111001110011 011101111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, word are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of A Word;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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