This is an analysis of the poem To George Herbert, that begins with:
SENT HIM WITH ONE OF MY SEALS OF THE
ANCHOR AND CHRIST.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX XXXaXXXXXXXaXXXXXXaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,22,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101100 1011 111001001100 10111001010 1001010010100 10100100110 110111110100100 1001001001010 10010011010010 100110110001 110110101000110 111100011001010 11000100100010 1101111001010 110010111010110 101010110001 1010101110010 0101010101 10111110010100 1110011100010 101100100101010 100100011001010 101110001010001 101101010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; crux is repeated.
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