This is an analysis of the poem Cain And Abel that begins with:

When Adam fell he quickly lost
God's image, which he once possessed:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbb bcbc bdbd efef aaaa gbgb bhbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11011101 11110111 01011101 01010101 01001001 11010101 11011110 11110101 10010111 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11110111 01111101 01011111 11010111 10110101 11001101 11110101 010100111 11010001 01011101 01010111 11011101 11011101 01010101 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.

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