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

In his malodorous brain what slugs and mire,
Lanthorned in his oblique eyes, guttering burned!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefacce XbXghXfX ichdidccXgXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001000111110 100000111001 0101011111 0111110011 01110011110 1111110101 11010010101 1111011111 1011001111 111101001110 11011100111 0101001111 11010111010 11110101110 1101111101 1011110101 1101110111 1111111011 1111010011 10010111010 11111111010 1001010111 1011001101 1100011110 1001110111 1100111011 0101110111 1111110100 1001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, on, and are repeated.

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

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

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