This is an analysis of the poem The New Judas that begins with:

Thee, Christ, I sought to sell all day
And hurried to the mart to hold...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba bbbb cddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11000101 01010101 111111 110100101 11011101 11100111 011111 01011111 01111101 10110101 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The New Judas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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