This is an analysis of the poem Trinitas that begins with:
At morn I prayed, 'I fain would see
How Three are One, and One is Three;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAX bbb ccc ddX eee ddd bbb aaX ccc ffX ggX eee ddd aAX aaa bbb hhh iai jjj fhh ccX ddd aAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111111 11111101 10110101 11010111 11010101 10110111 11010101 01010101 01011101 11110101 11110111 010101011 01010111 01010100 11110101 11110101 001100101 01010001 01010101 01111001 01011101 100111011 11001101 110110011 11010111 10110101 111101011 11111101 11010101 111101000 11110111 11110101 11010111 11010111 11011101 01010001 01110101 11011101 01110111 11111111 11111101 10110101 11010111 11110101 01011111 11010111 00110101 010100101 10111101 01100101 11011101 11000100 01111101 101010100 11010111 10111101 01110101 100011101 010010111 11010111 110100111 010000101 01011101110 11110101 01010101 01010111 11110111 11111101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, a, his, the 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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