This is an analysis of the poem Deus Misereatur that begins with:
PLEASANT the ways whereon our feet were led,
Sweet the young hills, the valleys of content, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca cbcb bdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001101101 1011010010 11010011111 1111 1011110001 1111111111 11010100011 1111 1011110011 1101110001 1111111100 1111 1111110011 1011011101 1101110111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, thy, now, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, now are repeated.
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- summary of Deus Misereatur;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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