This is an analysis of the poem A Prayer To The Father Of Heaven that begins with:

O radiant luminary of light interminable,
Celestial Father, potential God of might, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbcbc adaddcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110010100101000 01010010101 010111101000 011000010110 11001111111 110010010001001 1111111101 010010111001 110000010100 110001011101 110010010100 01110110101 0101110011 01101111011 01011001111 110010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, thy, and, to are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word face at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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