This is an analysis of the poem Mors Dei. that begins with:

Methought I saw God dying, and
The millions round His bed;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabcXcXdbdeXccdeaecXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 010101 110100101 1011111 00111111 111111 11111101 101101 010101110 010111 010111001 101001 110110101 011100 11111111 011101 110011111 010101 11111111 110111 10010101 110111 11010111 111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 753
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Mors Dei.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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