This is an analysis of the poem Peter Released From Prison that begins with:

Fervent persevering prayers
Are faith's assured resource,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefcgcg hXhXiiii ihihjaja hkhkfbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101 110110 1011101 010111 1010101 1110101 1010101 110111 1111101 110101 1111101 111001 1011101 10011101 1011111 110101 1011101 010101 1110111 010100 1111101 1010001 1010101 110101 1010111 110101 1010101 110101 1010001 1010001 1000101 1001101 1010101 1100010 1110101 1101010 1010111 1010001 10011101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word thus at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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