This is an analysis of the poem Prayer that begins with:
LO here a little volume, but great Book
A nest of new-born sweets; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccbddaeeffffXgbbeeeeXbdbhhdidieeeejjccddddkkllXmXgXccXhhdeehhXXdbXXddXjjggXXbbdcdcllhhllmhmbbhgngnXbddjggdXdeXXjXbbeddjXdj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 124,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010111 010111 11010010 011101010 010101 011101 110011 110001 0101 00110011 00011101011 11011011 011110101 1101001111 00110100 1111011101 1101110101 1001010001 0111010111 1101010111 00110001 11011101 1101 01011101 1111 11111111 1001 0101 11110101 1010111 10011 10011111 11010111 11010101 101 110011 1001110 11110 1101 100111 110101010 100101010 0110010 110111010 1101111001 0101010101 1001011111 110100101 100110 0101 0101100101 01010101 11010100 01100110 1010 10011101 11001 010111 10011001 101101 0101 11110001 0101001101 010111010 11111010 11100101 10010111 0101110110 10010010010 1111101 100111010 11110101 10011101110 110101010 1111 01010101111 010111000 01110110000 010011 010110001 01010110110 1100101 1001010 00110100001 110011 11010011101 0101 01011101 0111 110101 101001 011101 1101 0101 10111111 11100111 11011101 0101 1110 1101 0110 11010101 110010010 100111010 00111010 11001 1011 111101110 1000101 00101010 11010111 01011111 111101000 11110 010110 01110010111 1001010111 101100 10010 010101010 10111010 1111 11011100 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4350
- Average number of words per stanza: 705
- Amount of lines: 124
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, their, it, and, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, o are repeated.
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- summary of Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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