This is an analysis of the poem Divine Image that begins with:
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
All pray in their distress,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX adad cbeb Xbeb XfXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 110101 10110001 011100 11010111 011101 11010111 010111 11010101 100101 11010101 110101 1100101001 110001 10010101 110101 11110101 010111 11011101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, human are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Divine Image;
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- idea of the verse;
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- critical appreciation.
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