This is an analysis of the poem The Worship Of Nature that begins with:

The harp at Nature's advent strung
Has never ceased to play; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fafa gcgc Xdhd ecec ihih jdjd kckc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 01110111 110101 01010101 110101 110111010 111111 010101010 1101001 01110101 110101 11110001 010001 111100101 110111 110100101 110111 01110011 0100101 01011101 110101 01010101 111101 01010001 110101 01010111 110101 01010001 010101 01011101 011101 11010101 010111 01100101 010111 01000101 010001 110101001 010001 11011101 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; and, they, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Worship Of Nature;
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