This is an analysis of the poem Ike Walton's Prayer that begins with:

I crave, dear Lord,
No boundless hoard ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXdcbdceecXf bbgXXbXXahhggigicfcjkjk kklhllhahammkknhnhXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,23,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1101 0111 1101 1111 11010101 11010101 11010111 0101 1101 01110101 1111 11010101 10110101 11010100 1111 1101 11011101 11010110 0101 1101 110011110 01010100 11010101 1111 01110101 11000101 01000101 11010111 01011101 01000001 010100111 00110100 10010001 0101 1011 1101 0111 1111 1101 11001 1101 11011101 01110001 11000101 11010101 1111 11 01110001 01010111 01110001 11010101 1111 1101 1101 1101 01110101 11011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 522
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ike Walton's Prayer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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