This is an analysis of the poem Precious Bible! What a Treasure that begins with:
Precious Bible! what a treasure
Does the Word of God afford?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abaBcc aXaXbb dbdbed fbfbcc ebebbbXacacbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1010101 11111110 1110111 1010111 1001111 10101010 1110101 01110110 1010101 1010111 1011101 11101110 1110111 10001110 10100111 0010011 1010100 001001010 1010111 10101010 0010101 1010111 0010001 10101011 1110101 10111101 1010101 1011101 1011101 11101010 1010101 11111010 1111101 1011001 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 36
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Precious Bible! What a Treasure;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by John Newton
- Analysis of True And False Zeal
- Analysis of Now May He Who From The Dead
- Analysis of Jericho; Or, The Waters Healed
