This is an analysis of the poem Laus Deo that begins with:
It is done!
Clang of bell and roar of gun... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aaabba ccdeed bbfggf ffahha iigaaX eeaffa bbceXc jjakka AalkklXiifccf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001 1011101 1010111 1010111 1011111 1010101 111 10010101 001001001 1111111 111001001 0010011 111 1110011 1010101 1011111 1110101 1111101 101 1011001 00111110 11100010 0101010 10101110 111 1010101 10100101 1110101 1110111 1110100 011 0110001 1111111 1110011 1010111 1110101 111 1011111 0010011 1010101 1010101 1010101 101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011101 001 0010001 1011111 0110101 0110101 0110101 111 1011101 1010101 0010101 1010111 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, that, it are repeated.
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- summary of Laus Deo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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