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

Said Christ our Lord, 'I will go and see
How the men, my brethren, believe in me.'... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbb ccdX eeff ggHh eecc Hhee iiff eecc ddee ggXX iiii ggaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111 1011100101 1110110101 11011001001 1101111011 1010100101 1011100111 110101011 010010111 010010111 1010101011 1111110101 11011101 110010101 1011101101 1101101101 110100111 010101101 10100100101 010101101 1011101101 111101101 110101111 1010010111 11101101101 1010110101 111110101 11001011001 110101101 1111101101 111010011 010101101 111101101 11111101 011100111 10111111 11010111 011101001 10110101 11110011 11111100 01110101 1010011101 10010111 11100100 111111101 110100011011 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Parable - Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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