This is an analysis of the poem The Parallel that begins with:
Yes, sad one of Sion, if closely resembling,
In shame and in sorrow, thy wither'd-up heart -- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cccX adad Xece fbfb ghgh ibib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010100100 01101011011 01011001100100 11111011011 111110110110 11001001101 0010011010110 1100011011110 111011110010 11001001001 111010010110 01001111001 1111101111000 01011001011 1010010110110 11111101101 111110111010 11111101011 10101110100110 11011101011 1111110011010 11101001011 1011110110110 01001101001 1011011010110 01001001001 1010111011010 01001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (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; of, her, and are repeated.
The author used the same words like, when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Parallel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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