This is an analysis of the poem The Hermit Of Thebaid that begins with:

O strong, upwelling prayers of faith,
From inmost founts of life ye start,-... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef fXfg hfhf idid fifi dddd XdXd fbfX didi gegX hghg ifif idiX efeX jcjc keke lblX dcdc ccXc dddd lflf bgXg eXeX imiX ecec bmbXXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11100101 01010111 01010101 0111 010010101 01011101 01011100 0101 11111101 11011101 01011101 0101 11010100 01011100 11010100 1101 11100101 11010101 110101101 1101 11011010 11001001 01110011 1101 11011101 01001001 01010011 1111 01010101 111100101 10110101 1101 01010101 010100111 11010101 0101 01010101 1000110101 01111101 1100 11111111 01111111 111100101 1111 10010011 11110101 110111001 01000 01111111 11010101 01011111 1101 11010101 01010101 11011101 1101 11010111 11011101 11011111 1101 10010101 10010101 11111101 1101 01010111 11011101 11010101 0101 01011111 01111101 11011101 1101 11111101 10111101 110110000 0101 11010101 11010101 10011101 1101 11010101 11011101 01110101 1101 01000101 11010111 01010101 0101 11110101 11010001 01010111 1101 10010111 010100101 11011100 0101 11001101 011111110 11000101 11110 11011101 11010101 11110111 1001 11011101 11010111 11010101 0101 11011111 11011101 11111110 01010 101010111 01010101 010010101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 116
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; of, and, nor, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, my, and, the, she are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Hermit Of Thebaid;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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