This is an analysis of the poem Ephesus that begins with:
Thus saith the Lord to Ephesus,
And thus he speaks to some of us;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc ddee ffgg Xdhh XXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010100 11110101 01110111 11010011 11011101 11011111 11010111 11110101 11111101 10111101 11011101 11011101 01010101 11110111 01110101 11011101 01111110 11110101 11111101 11011101 10010101 01110111 01011001 01010110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.
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