This is an analysis of the poem St. Luke that begins with:
Two clouds before the summer gale
In equal race fleet o'er the sky:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb aeae fgfg eheh ihih jhjh hkhX elel lklk fafa lala dhdh amam ngng idid dada haha obob
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11010101 010111001 110110101 01010101 11010101 11011111 11011101 01111101 11011101 101010101 01110111 10110101 11010101 11011101 10011101 10110101 10011101 100011111 110101101 11011101 11011111 010000101 11011101 11011001 101111001 01010101 11011101 11110101 11111101 101101001 11010101 11011111 10111101 01010111 11111111 1010101010 11010101 01011101 100100111 110101001 10101011 01000101 11011101 11010101 11010011 011100101 101011101 10110101 11111101 11011101 11110101 10001010010 10010111 11101101 01011101 01110101 10101101 11010111 100110111 10011111 110001001 01001101 01010111 01011101 11010101 01010111 01111101 11010111 11111101 01010101 11110101 01011101 11010111 01111101 100111111 11110101 11010111 001001101 11110101 11001111
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; their, same, in, one, some, his, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, one, to are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cling connects the lines.
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- summary of St. Luke;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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