This is an analysis of the poem Benediction that begins with:
Bless this little heart, this white soul that has won the kiss of
heaven for our earth....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabXcdaXXXXdacbcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011111010 10111 1101001110100 101 111100101101010 1 11011111 1110001011011 11111110011011 11110101 101011001011010 01 101111111 111101111101 1011100101001111 101111001001 011101101110111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 825
- Average number of words per stanza: 158
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, you, and, his, him are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Benediction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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