This is an analysis of the poem Poet And Lord that begins with:

GOD makes a poet: touches soul and sight,
And lips and heart, and sends him forth to sing; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010111 1111111101 0101010111 1111000111 0101110101 1101011101 0101110101 1101110101 1101010111 010100011 1001010001 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, with are repeated.

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  • summary of Poet And Lord;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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