This is an analysis of the poem John Wesley that begins with:
Since last he looked on earth an age
Of rounded years is gone ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba b c dc d e be b f gf g h fh f X XX b X bd b d idXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111111 010001 1101011111 011101 0100110111 100111 0101111001 010101 1101010101 111111 1101011101 110110 11010101110 110101 01010101010 1100101 11011001010 110101 11010101010 111101 010101111100 111110 11010101010 111101 11010110100 110111 01010101010 001101 11010101010 0100101 110101001110 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, he, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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