This is an analysis of the poem Abraham’s Sacrifice that begins with:

The noontide sun streamed brightly down
Moriah’s mountain crest,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbb cdXdcc aeceff cbcbgg edddXe ahihaa ececdd daaadd ijXjkk adeddd alilaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 10101 010100101 110101 1100111001 11110101 0010100101 110101 010110101 1010111 100110101 010010101 111111101 1110111 1110101001 110101 101011001 010101101 0100101011 0110101 101111101 0010101 111110111 010010101 101010101 1110101 010110101 0101101 101111100 011111101 011010111 1010101 1010011101 010101 110101101 010011111 101111101 1011001 101011111 010111 101100111 010101001 010110101 1010101 010110101 1110101 110011101 010110101 011101011 10111001 11101011010 1110101 01110111 110110101 01010110110 110101 1110011101 010101 1110110101 1110101001 0100101011 11101 110111011 0011101 101001011001 1011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; in, s, his are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Abraham’s Sacrifice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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