This is an analysis of the poem Sursum Cor! that begins with:

Lament no more, my heart, lament no more,
Though all these clouds have covered up the light,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacdcadcceeceeebebbcbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111110111 1111110101 111101 110011 1101011101 1011 1001011101 0001010101 01100010111 1101010101 11010100101 111101 0111101111 1101011101 111001 1111110111 1101111101 1100011101 1101110101 0111111011 1101111101 0101110101 11001 1111001 111101 111111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1028
  • Average number of words per stanza: 184
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; still is repeated.

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  • summary of Sursum Cor!;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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