This is an analysis of the poem Saint Peter that begins with:
Now, I think there is a likeness 'twixt St Peter's life and mine
For he did a lot of trampin' long ago in Palestine... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX Xbbb XXcc bbXX bXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100101110111 110010101010101 111010101010101 101111101010101 101010101010101 111110101010101 101110101111001 111010101101101 111011101011101 111010101110011 111010100011101 101010101110101 111111101111101 101010111110110 101011111110111 111011101010101 111010101011101 101011101010101 111010101011101 111010101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, with, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Saint Peter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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