This is an analysis of the poem The Thief On The Cross that begins with:
Three crosses rose on Calvary against the iron sky,
Each with its living burden, each with its human cry.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbbccc dddaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11011100010101 1001010100101 1101011110111 1101010011101 1101110110101 010100100101001 1101010100101 11111111010101 1110001100111 11010101101101 0101010110101 11010101110111 11110101111101 1111010011100 1011111101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (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, his are repeated.
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