This is an analysis of the poem The Ruler's Daughter Raised that begins with:

Could the creatures help or ease us
Seldom should we think of prayer;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ededfgfg cccchghg ifififif ejejggggXececefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 1011101 10101010 1010101 11101111 1110111 11101011 1110111 10101010 1011111 10101110 1010101 11110010 1011001 11111010 1011101 10011111 1111101 10101011 1110011 10111010 1010111 11111010 1110101 10001010 1011101 01101010 1110101 11101010 1111101 11011110 111101 11111010 1010011 10101010 1110101 11101110 1110101 11101010 1111001 11101010 1010101 10100010 1010101 10101010 1010101 11001010 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; we, him, he, his are repeated.

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

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