This is an analysis of the poem Our Master that begins with:

Immortal Love, forever full,
Forever flowing free,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fXfg XhXh igig hchc bXbX ajaj dfdf khkh gjgj lbXX khkh mcmc ahah ncbc lklk khkh bhbh nobo jmjm hmhm lhlh mmmm bbbb bhnh jjjj phph khkh ahah lili bhbh mbmb lhlh jmXm lmlm jjXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 010101 01010101 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 110001 11010111 010101 11110111 111111 1100111001 010110 11011101 111111 111101001 010111 01110101 111111 11011101 010001 01110101 100111 11010101 011101 010100101 0101011 11110101 111100 01010101 010100 01011101 1100101 01010101 010101 111101001 110111 11010101 010001 01010111 010101 10011100 010001 11011101 110111 11110101 0001000 11110101 001101 11110100 110101 01000101 011101 11101111 111101 11011111 110111 01110011 110001 11110011 1001111 11111111 111111 11011100 111101 01111101 010100 11110011 110011 11011001 011100 11010101 110110 11000100 110101 11110110 111101 111100101 111001 01110100 011101 01010111 010101 11111101 010111 11010111 011101 111111001 011101 11011101 0100111 11111111 110101 111000101 110111 10110101 111101 11010101 110101 11011101 0100111 11111101 010101 01011101 011101 11011100 010111 01100111 111111 11011111 110101 11011101 111111 11010101 110101 01011101 110101 01011011 010101 01110100 1101010 01010101 0101010 11010111 1101001 01000011 0111001 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 11110111 111100 111111001 1101001 11110101 111101 11111101 010111 11001100 011101 11000100 010100 01110011 010101 01010101 010101 01111101 110101 01111100 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; forever, and, our, we, thy, thee, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words forever, the, and, we, thy, no, our, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Our Master;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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