This is an analysis of the poem E Tenebris that begins with:
COME down, O Christ, and help me! reach thy hand,
For I am drowning in a stormier sea... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaaXbacdXXdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111111111 1111000101 1101110101 0101010101 1101110101 1101110100 1111110111 0101011111 1101110001 111010111 0101110101 1111010101 0101011111 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 762
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of E Tenebris;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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