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

O thou who hast beneath Thy hand
The dark foundations of the land,--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc bbaa ddee ccff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 01010001 01001101 11010111 11011101 010101001 01000101 01100001 11110101 011101001 11010101 11010101 11011101 01110111 01010111 11000111 01010100 01110111 10010111 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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

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

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