This is an analysis of the poem To The Mind Of Man that begins with:

Thou living light that in thy rainbow hues
Clothest this naked world; and over Sea... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXddXXXXa ccaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101111 1001011101 1111110110 0101000101 0100110101 11101 01001100101 010100001010 111111010100 11111101100 110 010010100 1110011011 1101111101 111110101 0011010011 0100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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; and is repeated.

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