This is an analysis of the poem The Refuge, River, And Rock Of The Church that begins with:

He who on earth as man was known,
And bore our sins and pains;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe cbcb XfXX acacXfcfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111111 111111 110110101 010101 01010101 011001 11010101 010100 111000101 010101 01110101 110001 01000101 111101 01010111 010011 01110101 010011 110101100 110101 11010101 110111 00010111 110101 110011101 0101001 11010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of The Refuge, River, And Rock Of The Church;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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