This is an analysis of the poem Apostate Will that begins with:

In days of old, when Wesley's power
Gathered new strength by every hour; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffbbccXdbbggXhcciijjiiddaaiikkeehhkkjjddddll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111010 1011110010 01001101 01010101 11010101 11111101 11010101 01111101 11000100 11010011 01010101 11001101 11101101 110010101 11000101 1100111 11011100 11100101 110101001 11001101 11110101 01010101 01011110 01010101 01011101 01010111 01010111 01000101 10010100 011110001 11011101 110011101 11010111 11110101 110101010 0100100010 01010101 11010011 01010101 10010001 01001110 01001111 10010111 11010101 11010011 01001101 11001100 11010111 01011101 110011111 01010101 01011101 01001101 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1940
  • Average number of words per stanza: 334
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Apostate Will;
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  • history of its creation;
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