This is an analysis of the poem Litany To The Holy Spirit that begins with:
IN the hour of my distress,
When temptations me oppress, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaB ccXB dddB eXeB fffB cccB gggB XhhB iiiBXcccB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00100101 1010101 1111101 110101 1110111 1011101 1011000 110101 1011111 1010101 1110111 110101 1010111 1010001 1010101 110101 1010111 1010011 1110111 110101 1010111 1110101 0110101 110101 1110101 1000111 1010101 110101 1010110 0010111 1111001 110101 1011101 1111111 1110101 110101 1010001 1110111 1011101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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