This is an analysis of the poem The Gold Og God that begins with:

The royal hill was calm and still
And the silent angels slept, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ab aa XXX cb cb Xc Xc d ad aa da d ec ec f ef ed ad a gcXgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 1010101 110100101 011101 101010111 0101010 1010111001 1101010101 101010101 0100101 010111001 00111111 1010010101 0110101 01011101101 10100101 110101101 100101 1100101101 1011101 1110101101 1110101 1110100101 0011001 10100110101 00110101 010010101 0100101 1111111 101001 0010010101 00101001 110010101 1011101 01010111 1011111 101010111 10110101 1100110101 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; its, 's, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ', the, there are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Gold Og God;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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