This is an analysis of the poem O Come Quickly! that begins with:

NEVER weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore,
Never tired pilgrim's limbs affected slumber more, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb XXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101110101 1010101010101 111011101101101 1110101111101 10101010101101 1111111110111 10101111101101 11101001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word never is repeated.

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  • summary of O Come Quickly!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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