This is an analysis of the poem The Crucifixion [the Light Of The World] that begins with:
They sunk a post into the ground
Where their leaders bade them stop;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbaadadacaeaeccc fegehici jkekalfl jaeabhch XfafXeae iieiflfl jihileaX echcaaaa eacagmXmXcalajehe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010001 1110101 01011111 011001 11010101 010110 11000100 110011 11010101 1110001 11110111 010001 01111101 111101 01111100 100111 11010101 1110101 11011101 111111 11010100 110101 10110111 111101 10111101 010101 10111101 111001 01110001 011101 01101101 011111 11010111 111111 01010101 110101 11110101 111011 11010001 1011111 11010001 1111101 11011111 1110101 11011111 010101 011101010 111101 11010111 111101 11010111 111111 11110101 110101 11010011 011101 11000111 110101 01110101 110101 11100101 010111 01110101 101100 11000101 010100 11010001 1010101 01111111 110101 11010101 110101 11110001 1111111 11111101 111100 01010111 011001 11010100 111101 111011101 111101 01011001 010111 11000101 111101 11110011 1110111 10111101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; they, he, had, never, because, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words because, they are repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Crucifixion [the Light Of The World];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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