This is an analysis of the poem The Chrism Of Kings that begins with:

IN the morn of the world, at the day break of time,
When kingdoms were few and empires unknown,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXaba Xcdcdede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001001101101 11001110001 11101001001 110010001111 11011011001 101011111101 11011011001 10100100101 110011010010 11011101001 11101001011 1100101011001 101101101001 11101101111 1100010101001 1110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, of, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Chrism Of Kings;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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