This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts On Predestination And Reprobation : Part Ii. that begins with:
Pagan - said I - I must retract the word,
For the poor Pagans were not so absurd:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdddd eeaaffggddffhh iiaaiijjaakkffaadXaaeeeeXXll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,14,28,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011110101 1011001101 1100011101 0101010101 0001110101 1111111001 1111000011 01001001111 0101010101 1100110101 1011111101 0101101000 101110101 0101000100 0101010111 0001010001 1111010001 01010010011 1101111001 1101010111 1101110011 1101010101 1111000111 1101010110 11010100101 1101010001 1101010101 0111010111 1010110111 0011110100 1101111111 0101000101 1101110101 0101010011 1101001111 1111000101 0011010101 10110111101 1101011111 1011010111 10010111010 1101110000 1001110101 0111000101 1101010101 1001110000 0101010001 0101010101 11011001010 1101110111 1111110101 0111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 725
- Average number of words per stanza: 133
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; as, to, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, a, for are repeated.
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