This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts On Predestination And Reprobation : Part Iii. that begins with:

Whereas, this Reprobation Doctrine, here,
Not only Sense and Reason would cashier;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbdd eef fgf hfi iff bbiiggccjjff dXffbbeeggffkk llccffXXhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,3,3,3,3,12,14,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101000101 1101110101 1110110101 1100010001 1111010001 1011010101 1011010001 1101011110 1001000111 1101010101 11010101010 1100101010 0101010010 11 11 110011 01110101 1 1 1111010101 1111111101 0101111101 1101110101 0101011101 1101111101 0111100101 0101010001 1101011101 1001011101 101010011 0101010001 0101010111 0101010101 1101011101 1101110101 1101110101 1001111001 0111010100 0111011100 0111011001 1111110001 1101010101 1001010100 1000010111 0001010000 0101011101 0101011101 0101000101 10010101010 01111101010 11010110101 1011000101 1001010001 0101000101 0101010001 1101000101 0001010101 010010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • 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; and, of, for, some, to, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines light is repeated).

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  • summary of Thoughts On Predestination And Reprobation : Part Iii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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