This is an analysis of the poem Elijah Fed By Ravens that begins with:
Elijah's example declares,
Whatever distress may betide;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb bdbdefef gbabbbbb hghgbfbf ddddibib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001001 11001101 01101111 01101001 11101001 01001001 01001001 11011001 11001101 01011011 11011011 01001101 01001111 11111101 11011011 11011001 10001001 01001001 11011001 11011011 11011001 11011011 01101001 01111101 11011001 11001001 01101001 01001011 11001011 01001011 01011111 11101001 11111011 11001001 11011111 11101001 11011011 11001001 11101001 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 is repeated.
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