This is an analysis of the poem Crucifixion, Still, The that begins with:

Still, still upon the cross!
Yet is it writ that Thou, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbaccXXdd bbcceeaaddffccGhhGfgXAhhccaeeca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,31,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 100111 0111 0101010101 0101011101 1101 100101 110100 1101111111 1111 111001 1111 1111110111 100101 101111 110011 111101 010111 0011100111 110011 011101 110100 101111 1101 101101 1101 101101 101101 1101111111 1110 110101 11110010001 1001101 1101110101 011011 100111111 101100 1001110111 1111110101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 569
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more 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; thy, and, still are repeated.

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