This is an analysis of the poem The Good Samaritan that begins with:
He comes from out the ages dim—
The good Samaritan;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBabbcbcdedebdbd ffffdgdg dgdghihi dgdjfkfk clclglgl babadada blbXdmdm ejejgege bdbdbgbg dndndndn blblhbdb lXlXbdgd fbfbbbbb bXbejbjbndnXbjbjXgbgbbbbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,25,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 000100 11110101 011101 11110101 110101 01111111 110101 01010001 011101 01011111 111101 01010111 111101 11010111 010101 10010111 110111 11111101 110101 11011111 110011 11010111 110011 11011111 110101 11111111 010011 11110101 111101 1100101 111001 01011101 111111 01011111 011101 01110101 111111 00110111 110111 10110111 011101 11011111 111101 110100101 111101 101001111 111101 10110101 110111 11100100 110111 01010111 111111 01110101 010101 1000101 111111 01111101 010101 11011101 110001 11011101 110001 11111111 011101 01011101 110111 11010111 111101 11011101 010111 01100100 110111 11010101 111101 11110101 111101 11000111 110101 11101111 110101 11111111 110101 11010111 110111 10010111 110111 11110101 111111 01111111 110111 1101101 010001 10011101 110101 11000011 010111 11011101 110001 00010011 110111 110101001 110111 11110101 111101 11010101 010101 11010101 110100 11010101 110101 11011101 111110 11100100 001101 11010101 010101 11010111 010101 11010101 111111 11010111 111110 011111001 010101 11010101 0011101 11110111 110101 11011111 110001 11010111 111011 01000111 000100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 138
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, to, his, he, him, man are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Good Samaritan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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