This is an analysis of the poem The Southern Pulpit that begins with:
The Southern pulpit, in our eyes,
Descends to make a compromise... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee ffgg bbhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010011 01010101 01010101 01110101 01000101 01110101 11010101 01010001 01010101 01010101 01000101 11010101 01110011 01010101 11110101 11001101 01010101 11001101 11010101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Southern Pulpit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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