This is an analysis of the poem Mogg Megone - Part Iii. that begins with:

Ah! weary Priest! - with pale hands pressed
On thy throbbing brow of pain,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaaaaaacdcdeefgfgbbhXbeehdidicjjciiikkaallkkccbbagagiXdbdbXmXnnXXdXgXXbX fffooiiidbdbpXb ffXXXXpXpgXX cccccXpnncnc qqXddkggrrlXal doddodddXbbbfXXaaacscsgggggll aaXbeebrbX bbssbbaabbppddiieeiibddbXXXfdfd cXcciiddffeffe ddffppfnnaafffggbaam dbdbiciicbmXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 75,15,12,12,14,29,10,31,14,20,28,19,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 1110101 1001111 1000101 11110101 01010001 0010111 1010100 1111111 0011101 1011101 10001001 1010001 001101 1011111 1110101 1011101 0010101 11101101 1110001 1011101 0010111 0010101 10100100 1011101 11101010 10010010 1010101 1110101 0011001 1010101 1010111 10011001 1011101 1111101 01100101 110100111 1100100001 1110100101 110110101 01011101 1100110101 101110101 11110101 1010010111 01010111 010100101 0100110101 0010010101 101010101 11011111 10010111 10110101 01110101 010101 11000111 11110101 100100101 010101001 11010101 110001 111100100 110101010 11010101 111010101 101111101 10010100 0111001000 0100011101 1010010100 11010101 10010101 10111110 110101001 1111111010 100100101 001011101 111111101 110010101 101111101 01110101 111010101 10010101 1110011101 1010101 1100101001 010111 011110101 01011011000 0010101 11010101 11010111 10010010100 1110101100 1101001001 1101110111 111010101 01101101100 1110010101 00110100101 10010010100 111011100 1010101 11110001 10111001 010100101 110101001 110101000 01010101 11010101 10110011 10000111 11111111 010111 11110001 10010001 1001010 01110101 11010101 010101 11011101 001010101 11111101 01001101 10011011 110101100 01110001 011101 10010111 01011101 11011101 10011101 11010101 11000101 10010101 11010101 100101100 01010101 010101110 01010100 11010101 01010100 11010000100 01000101 10110001 101011100 1101111 010101010 10110101 110001010 11011101 01010101 01110101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 1011101 1010101 01010111 1010101 00111010 10111010 1010101 0010111 10000101 1010100 1011101 1011111 11111010 101001110 11101110 10101010 1000101 1010111 1000111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1000101 1110111 1001101 10101001 11101010 10101110 110111011 111001011 1110101 1010101 1000101 1010101 11101010 10101100 10101100 10000100 1010111 1100101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11011111 01010111 100100101 11000101 010101111 01000111 100101101 011001001 011101010 11000101 01110101 100101010 01010101 11010001 010000100 10101101 10011101 11110101 010000101 011101001 01010101 10010001 11010101 010101 00111001 10111111 11111111 11010111 01010101 10011101 11111111 010101010 11010111 100101001 010010101 010011 01010001 01010101 11001101 110000101 010101 10111101 010101010 001010100 111101000 11110101 11011101 11110101 11011111 010001010 11111101 010101001 110100101 01010111 01011111 10100101 11010111 100110100 11000101 01010101 10011001 100101001 111010111 101000101 11010101 01010111 1111100101 010111111 1010110101 111110101 111100001 11010101 101011101 10111101 01000100 1011101011 10101001000 10011111 10010101 110101 10011101 01010111 10111101 01010111 00110101 10011101 110101010 010101010 110101010 010101010 11001110 01011110010 1101011111 0111110111 101101010110 01010101 1010100111 00100110101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 812
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 300
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, his, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, of, whose, nor, a are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Mogg Megone - Part Iii.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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