Laodicea by John Newton: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Laodicea that begins with:

Hear what the Lord, the great Amen,
The true and faithful Witness says!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca XcXc dede bcbc fafa gege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 01110101 1101101 11011111 01111101 11110101 11110111 11101001 11011111 01011101 11111101 10111111 11110111 11000101 11110101 11010101 11010111 111101011 11000111 11110001 11111111 11011101 10110101 11110011 11110101 01010101 11110101 011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

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  • summary of Laodicea;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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