This is an analysis of the poem The Holy Innocents that begins with:
Say, ye celestial guards, who wait
In Bethlehem, round the Saviour's palace gate,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddbbeefg ffcchhaX aaiibbjj kkddaaff kkccaaaa ddllgfkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010111 01011010101 11111101 11010011101 11110101 11100100101 10100101 0111011111 11111101 01001010111 11110101 0111010001 11011101 1011010101 11111101 110101010100 11110001 10110010111 11010111 1101110101 100011101 1101011111 10010111 1101011101010 10010101 11010010101 11010101 0100010001101 11000101 1100011101 11100111 110001100101 11111101 10101010101 11010101 1101110101 01101011 1110110111 11011111 111110010101 11011101 1101010101 11010111 11011110011 11110101 1101111101 11010101 010001110101 11110101 1001010111 11111111 1011010101 10111100 1101010111 110011101 011101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, them, in, his, to, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, how are repeated.
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- summary of The Holy Innocents;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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