A Parable by James Russell Lowell: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Parable that begins with:

Worn and footsore was the Prophet,
When he gained the holy hill;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb defe ghfX cece iaia afhj hidi kgfg gfbf jaka kfcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1110101 11101110 1010101 10101010 1110111 11111011 1110101 11100110 1010101 11101011 1110101 10101110 1110001 11101010 1010101 10101011 1011101 10101110 1010100 11111010 1011111 10001010 1010100 11100110 1010101 10011110 11100101 11100110 1110101 11011111 1111101 11111110 11011111 10001110 1110111 11101110 1111101 10111010 0010011 10111010 1001110 10111011 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; my is repeated.

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  • summary of A Parable;
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