This is an analysis of the poem On Church Communion - Part Ii. that begins with:

If once establish'd the essential part,
The inward Church, the Temple of the Heart,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcb dd eeaaff ddggcc ccaaXX hhffaa iibbbb ec bc eeaaXaaeedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,6,6,6,6,6,2,2,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101000101 0101010001 1101010101 010110 1101 0111010101 1101010101 1001011101 1010100101 1111111101 0101011101 1101010001 01101010001 1111010011 1101010101 0100100101 1101011100 0111010101 1101011101 1001110101 0011110001 0111010111 1111001101 0110111101 0101011101 1101100101 0101110111 1001010111 1111011101 0101010001 0111011101 1101010101 0101100101 0101011101 1111011101 1101010111 1111010111 010110010 1 11 0101001001 1100010101 1001111101 0101100101 1101011101 0100110001 0111010101 1011000101 01100011011 1111111001 1110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of On Church Communion - Part Ii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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