This is an analysis of the poem In The Wilderness that begins with:

Christ of His gentleness
Thirsting and hungering, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccbddeffeXgaggggghghhhhgghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 101100 100100 110111 101101 110100 110101 010101 100100 11010 001100 010100 100100 100100 010101 01011 010101 111101 111101 101100 110011 010100 110101 111100 101101 010111 110111 100101 110111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 781
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In The Wilderness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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