This is an analysis of the poem Prayer that begins with:
Oh, Love divine, ineffable!
Help the weak heart that strays from thee!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacbddcb efXffffff fgfggbcggXeeeeebbee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010100 10111101 110000101 11010100 11110101 11010101 11110101 01101100 11010111 11001101 11110101 11110111 01011101 11111101 11010101 11111101 11010111 11110111 11100101 01000101 111100111 11011111 11010101 11011111 11010100 110101011 11111101 11010011 110010101 11111001 11010101 111111001 11010111 11010101 11110101 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, though are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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