This is an analysis of the poem God's Justice that begins with:

And Erick roamed in distant lands,
But cannot fly his weary fate;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbabccbdbdefef gcgcaahh ababbcbccicidbjbkbllbkkXXXceec bbddlblbcXckibjbjijhdcdciiiibhm hlfflkcXcananahmXjcjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,30,31,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 01100101 01100101 01011101 01010101 01110111 11010101 11010111 11110101 110101001 00110101 11100101 11001101 01100101 01000101 01111111 01110101 11010101 11011111 0101010101 0110101 010101010 111111010 11010101 01110101 011001001 11011100 01011101 11110100 11110101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 01110111 11010101 10110101 11011101 110000101 01010101 11110101 11111101 11000101 010111 01110111 01010101 1000110 10110101 11011100 110110 11111101 11110101 0101010 11110101 11010001 1101111 10110001 11110101 1101011 11011101 11111100 110101101 000100100 11010111 11111111 11010101 11010101 11000101 10000101 11010101 11010001 100111010 11011100 01011101 11010101 11011111 01010001 01111111 01110101 101011111 110101001 11010101 11010010 11110101 0101010 01011101 01000101 01010101 11010001 11110111 1100010 11110111 1101010 00111101 11010010 10011101 1101010 11011101 1101010 10111101 0111010 100101101 1101110 1011110101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 725
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 106
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words before, the, that are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of God's Justice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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