This is an analysis of the poem Isaiah Lxiii that begins with:
Say, heav'nly muse, what king or mighty God,
That moves sublime from Idumea's road?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaa aaccaaaacX aaddaa ee ffee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,6,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111101 110101001 0101010101 0101010101 11100011001 0011000101 10001010111 0111010101 1010101010101 11010010001 10101110101 10101010011 10101010101 10101010101 101011100101 10111010101 100110100101 100011101110 0101010101 0111010101 0101000101 0101010101 0101010101 1111010101 1111010011 1101010101 0111010111 1111011101 11010011101 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, his are repeated.
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- summary of Isaiah Lxiii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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