This is an analysis of the poem God that begins with:
THOUGHT of the Infinite--the All!
Be thou my God.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aB bcB cdeB XcB XaB dfagX ggXef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,3,3,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010001 0111 100110111 101001001110 0111 110011 11010010110 01010101010 0111 111111011 1001100010010 0111 1101001110111 010101110111 0111 111110010 110100101010 1101010111 1101010101 01111 1111 110101110 110111111111010 1101011111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, or are repeated.
The author used the same word or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word god at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of God;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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