This is an analysis of the poem An Evening Thought that begins with:
Salvation comes by Jesus Christ alone,
The only Son of God;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBabcacdBdbdeaeaCacaeaeacfcfbfBfccccbAbaCXcaXabacacagaXaebeBXcXccacdbabacAagfhfhcecefhfh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 88,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101110101 010101 010101001 110101 11011101 1111001 11010101 010011 01011001 101001 01010101 010101 11011101 11010010 11010111 0100010 11010111 1111010 11011101 1111010 01010111 011101 01011101 110101 11110001 010001 00011101 000101 11011101 010101 01011001 1101101 11010101 110101 01010111 110101 11110001 010001 001010101 111101 11010111 1111000 11110111 111010 11110101 110110 11010101 111010 11010101 1101010 11011101 1101010 10010101 010010 01111110 01110010 11011111 110101 11010101 010101 110011101 110101 01001101 010101 11010111 010101 01011101 010011 111001 0101010 11110101 1111110 11011101 010001 11111101 010111 110101001 010011 01010111 111111 11000111 010111 11011101 010101 11101001 010101 01010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2522
- Average number of words per stanza: 464
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, to, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words salvation, thou are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase salvation connects the lines.
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- summary of An Evening Thought;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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