This is an analysis of the poem To St. Micheal In Time Of Peace that begins with:

Michael, Michael: Michael of the Morning,
Michael of the Army of the Lord,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abccab defeXddd aAabXXXb beXeghah aeaXaXXX Xgggdbab Xabffdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,8,8,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100010 100010001 101010101110 10110101110 10010001110 110010001 101101001010 101111010101 1111010100010 1010101111011 100010100101000 10101010111 11010101010 100110010101 11010101110 1010100010 11010101110 101010001 11101001011000 00111001010100 00110100010 00010101 10010101010 1011011111 10110111110 1011011111 110111101110 10010001001 11011111010 1011110101 11110101110 10101000101 11110101110 101010001 11010101010 101010101100 11011101010 1011010101 11101101110110 111011011101 11010101000010 10010010001 11101011001010 1101010001 10111111010 1111110111 10101000100 1000101010001 10011101110 11011101010 10010101010 10010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; michael, of, in, and, us, as, he, world are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words michael, in, seeing, he are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines michael is repeated).

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