This is an analysis of the poem Christ's Restraint that begins with:

He might have reared a palace at a word,
Who sometimes had not where to lay his head:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabccbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1011110101 1111110101 1111100101 1101001101 010101101 1101010111 1111010101 1100010101 1111001111 1101101101 01110101101 1101011101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Christ's Restraint;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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