This is an analysis of the poem Worship that begins with:

There is no worship now,—the idol stands
Within the spirit's holy resting place!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1011010101 0101010101 10010101001 1011110101 01011000101 1001010101 0101011101 0111010101 1111110111 1111110001 1101011101 1101010101 1111110111 0101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and are repeated.

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