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

By the streams of living water,
Rest, my daughter.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab ccbXddeXXaaXaaXffdggdhheccXaaXggXddd XXXaaiddi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,36,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1110 1111111 10101010 1110 1010101 11111010 0010 1010101 101001010 1100 0010100 11101010 1010 1110101 10111110 1010 11101101 11101010 1110 1100101 1011011 1011 1110101 11001110 1010 1010111 10111110 1010 1010101 10001110 0010 1110101 11111111 1011 1101100 1010111 111 1011101 10101100 1010 1110100 10111010 1110 00111001 10101110 1010 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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

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