This is an analysis of the poem The Recovery that begins with:

To see us but receive, is such a sight
As makes His treasures infinite!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaacdee ffffffcdff eeffbbgghh iiffjjaakk ebggeebbXe bblleeffbbXcccbbeeiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010101 11010100 01010101 0101111100 11011101 01110100 110001 01000100 010010101 0111010111 11010101 01111101 1101101 0101011101 100101001 01010001 100111 11010100 011001101 100110101 01010101 11010111 11110001 1101010101 010101001 11110001 1111101 10010101 0111011001 0100110101 11010101 10010101 110011111 0101110011 10010111 01111101 010100 11010100 01111101110 01011101010 11111111 11111101 11011101 0111010001 01010101 111111101 110101 011111 01110101100 11100001010 11010101 01110100 01011101 1110011111 11011101 01011111 1101010 110111010 1101010010 01110110101 01000101 11010001 11010101 1111001101 101100111 01011111 110101 11000101 1101000111 1001111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; his, to, he, and, these are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, these, the are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Recovery;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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