This is an analysis of the poem David's Fall that begins with:
How David, when by sin deceived,
From bad to worse went on!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cXca ecec cccc cece afaf gggg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 010111 11010101 111111 01101011 010101 11011001 110101 100101011 111010 01011101 110111 111000101 111101 01010101 011101 11011101 110101 11010101 010101 01001101 010101 11010101 011011 11010101 110101 11110111 010101 11111101 110101 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of David's Fall;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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