This is an analysis of the poem Reverence that begins with:

I saw the Greatest Man on Earth,
Aye, saw him with my proper eyes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddc eaeafgfg dedecffc dfdfbeeb fdXddhhd iii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11101101 01110101 11110101 110101010 110100111 01001111 110111010 11010101 01011001 11000101 11110101 11110001 10010001 01111111 11111101 01011111 11010111 11110100 01110001 111111110 11101001 01110101 111101010 01010101 1101111 01010111 01010101 11010111 11011111 11000101 110111001 11101111 11100101 010101010 11110111 110101010 01011111 11011111 111001010 111111010 010111010 110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, for, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Reverence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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