This is an analysis of the poem Worship that begins with:

This is he, who, felled by foes,
Sprung harmless up, refreshed by blows ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbdddeeeeaaaaeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011111 11010111 10010011 11110111 1111001 1011101 1010111 01010101 10011101 111111001 0011101 10110101 110100101 01111101 10010111 11111111 11001001 1000101 0011101 1010101 10110101 10010001 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 863
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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