This is an analysis of the poem Out Of The Ark that begins with:
Composed for and sung by Mrs. John Wycoff, during the revival meetings at Keokuk, Iowa.
They recked not of danger, those scoffers of old,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcdcX aeaebdbd fdeXecafafff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01111110110100010101100100 110101011001 11011001 01001011111 111001001 1101111101 01101001 01011011101 11101001 111111 11001001 10101010011 01101011 101010001101 11001001 01101001011 11001011 111111001111 111001001 111111 11001001 11001001001 1110101111 01101001111 01001101 0101101011 1110011001 11011001001 11001101 010101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, come, too, late, of are repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lost is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Out Of The Ark;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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