This is an analysis of the poem Père Lalemant that begins with:

I LIFT the Lord on high,
Under the murmuring hemlock boughs, and see... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabXcaXac dedeabaeae fgfghhecec adadiicjcj fkfkaelale
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 10010011111 01100101001 110100 11110111110 1011000111 10111111 1001001 0101010111 111101 110101 11110010101 1111110101 110111 10111110111 1111010100 111111 1011101101 1011110111 010001 101101 10110110001 10110100101 101101 11001010111 10010011111 1111110111 1011110111 1101110101 1010001 111100 1011100101 1101011111 110101 1111001101 11010100100 1011110101 01001011111 01001111111 110101 1100101 1011010101 0101010101 101101 1011111101 1011010101 1011110111 1001011111 1111110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Père Lalemant;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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