This is an analysis of the poem Sinai And Calvary that begins with:

There are two mountains hallowed
By majesty sublime, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXXcd efefeaea beeecgXg gXeafhbhXededegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 110001 11111000 010101 1101010 111001 0100010 010001 0101010 010101 1101010 011101 1111010 1100101 1101010 011111 11001010 010101 01111100 011001 0101110 010111 11001010 010111 0101010 0101010 1101010 10000101 0111111 010101 11001010 111111 0101011 011011 111011 100101 1101011 011101 11001011 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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