This is an analysis of the poem Providence that begins with:

Where bay and river tranquil blend,
And leafy hillsides rise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdedeffffgXgXahXhbfbfadadgbgbaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 110111 01010001 010101 10010101 1110111 01000101 110101 01010101 010101 01110101 110101 01010101 010101 01010111 011101 010101001 010100 01011101 110101 110111110 101011 1101111000 110101 11010101 101101 11110011 010101 11011101 1110101 11110101 111101 11001101 111101 11011011 101101 01010101 011101 11110101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 215
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; thy is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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  • summary of Providence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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