This is an analysis of the poem Foreshadowings that begins with:
Oremus! Oremus! Look down on us, Father!
Like visions of Patmos Thy last judgments gather... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeXX ffaa XX dddddd ddcXXX gghhdd XaddiX XX ddaa jjkkXk ffddbb XXXaiiXffhhcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,2,6,6,6,6,2,4,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100111110 110010111010 010010110010 1101100101110 1011010110 010010011010 10110001110110 110110011110 1011010011010 111010110110 100100011010 010010011110 011011011010 010011011010 110110110110 110111011010 100100010010 010110111110 1010010110110 110010010110 1011011011010 1011010010010 10011111010 110110110110 10100010111110 1011010111010 1010010110010 111011111100 101101011110 11011010110 1010010011010 110111110110 01101101101 001011111001 1101100110010 111011010010 111101101111 010010010010 1011010010010 0101100100010 110010111010 110010010110 111010011000 111011010110 110111011010 10100101100010 1010111011110 1110111010010 110111110010 110110110110 011010110111 011010110111 110110110100 111010 110010010010 110010010010 110110010110 110110110110 110111111010 11010010110 1110110010100 110111111000 101000010110010 111011110010 1111100111010 1010010110010 010110011010 1011010110010 1010010010011 0100010110011 1011110110110 0011011010010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; there, where, their, of, and, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, the are repeated.
The author used the same words still, i 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 us, him are repeated).
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- summary of Foreshadowings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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