This is an analysis of the poem Chant To Bolivar that begins with:

Our Father thou art in Heaven,
in water, in air...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXaXXbbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 01001 0111011101 101111100110 1110100101 1001101001 01011100100010 0011010001011 01010011 1011010101 11001101110 110001101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 480
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; in, our, bolivar, your are repeated.

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

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