This is an analysis of the poem Day Of Our Lord, The that begins with:

The chime of many bells upon the air
Calling to halls of prayer, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccddeeffd ccggddbgbggXfb bbhhggiibjbjkkll dmXXgXccmXGbgbfffGf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,14,16,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101010101 100101 1001 011111 1001110101 0111 110101 10110010111 001101 010111 010100 0101010100 110101 011011 1101010101 111101 1111 1111010101 0111100101 110111 1101110101 111101 1111 111111 1101110101 110101 111000 011101 110111 111101 010111 1011011111 1001011101 0111110111 0100111101 0101111101 11010100011 0101011101 0110010101 0100111101 0101110101 0101010101 0100010100 0101110101 1011010101 1101110010 110101 01010101011 101101 0101000101 1111110110 01111100010 1111110 01111 001111 110100 110111 110100 110101 110101 010111 001111 0011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 405
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, of, it, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, help, it are repeated.

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