This is an analysis of the poem Ultima Thule: The Sifting Of Peter that begins with:

In St. Luke's Gospel we are told
How Peter in the days of old... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabba ccadda eefddf ggXaaX hhhiiX jjbkkbXddfbbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 11000101 110 11110101 10011111 110 100101111 11011111 110 11110111 01010101 010 11110100 11110100 110 11110101 11110101 010 11110101 11010111 100 11111101 01010101 110 110111001 01110101 010 11010101 01010111 010 10011101 010010111 010 11000111 11111001 010 11011111 10010101 010 11010001 01011101 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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