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

WHAT of Louvain and of Rheims
Made for God by man? What then? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbX bdbd bXbe ecXc dcdX afaf Xaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1111111 1010111 1111011 1000111 1010110 1000101 1010100 1011101 1010101 11100101 1010101 1000101 11101100 1110111 10101001 1010111 1110111 1011100 00111101 1110001 1010101 0010111 00101100 0010101 1110111 10100111 0111011 1111100 10011101 1110111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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

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