This is an analysis of the poem Praise And Prayer that begins with:
PRAISE is devotion fit for mighty minds,
The diff'ring world's agreeing sacrifice; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaa XbXb cdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001011101 1101010101 11001010101 11010010101 11010011000 1111100101 11110010100 1111110111 1100110101 11010111010 0111011111 11010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Praise And Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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