This is an analysis of the poem The Milch Kine Drawing The Ark : Faith's Surrender Of All that begins with:

The kine unguided went
By the directest road;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae bfbf gggg hbhb bfbf bibi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 101001 10101101 010101 101101 111111 11110111 111111 1100101 110001 11110111 110111 110101 011001 01011001 111111 010001 110101 111000111 010111 110101 010111 11110111 110101 011101 010101 11110101 110001 010111 010111 01011001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; his is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Milch Kine Drawing The Ark : Faith's Surrender Of All;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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