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

Most fair is Earth!
This side sweet Heaven, I think, no thing more fair... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbddeeb abbdXddeeff agggghhggg AeeddiieeAaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,10,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 01110111111 1011 1100110001 0101000101 1001011 011100 11001110001 10110011001 1011000101 1101 1101110101 1111 11010101010 0111100 100111 110101 1101101111 1111000101 111101 0111110011 1101 1101010101 0111 01110100001 110100 1111001101 111101 1111000111 100101 110101 1101 0101110101 1101 11011001010 11010 1111010111 010101 1101 0101110111 1101 010111 0101110111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, and, sweet are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word most at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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