This is an analysis of the poem Balaam's Wish that begins with:
How blest the righteous are
When they resign their breath!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gaga dbXb chch
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 110111 11010101 010101 111111 010101 11010110 100101 010111 110001 11010111 010101 110111 011101 11011001 110101 110101 100111 11010101 111101 111111 100101 01010111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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.
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- summary of Balaam's Wish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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