This is an analysis of the poem The Mediator that begins with:
O Christ, true Son of God most high,
Thy name we praise for ever;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdEED fgfghhdEEDXcacadddEED
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 1111110 10011111 1111110 1111 1101 0111111111 1101 1111 1101111101 01010101 11001110 11010111 1101110 1101 1111 1101111111 1101 1111 1101111101 10010011 010101 01010111 010111 1101 0101 0101110101 1101 1111 1101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word evermore at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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