This is an analysis of the poem The Press Evangel that begins with:
GOD'S order, 'Light!' when all was void and dark
Brought mornless noon, a flame without a spark. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbddee bbffggffhh cciihhiibb eeggjjjjff kklleX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,10,10,10,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101111111 1101010101 0101111111 1101011101 11110100101 11010101101 1101010111 0101011101 0101010101 01001010101 1011110101 1101110101 1101110101 1111010101 0101010101 01101011111 1111010101 1111110101 1111011101 11111101011 0101010101 0101110111 1111010101 0101010101 1111011001 1101001101 0101000101 1101111111 1111110101 1111100101 1111010101 1101110111 11010110101 0101000101 0101110111 0101011101 0101010111 0101011101 01100100111 01001011111 0101010101 011111001001 1111000111 0101011101 1111011111 0101010101 11010101001 1101111100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; how, one, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, one, with are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase one connects the lines.
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- summary of The Press Evangel;
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- idea of the verse;
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