This is an analysis of the poem Lively Hope And Gracious Fear that begins with:

I was a grovelling creature once,
And basely cleaved to earth: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gege hihiXfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110100101 11001001 11010001 011111 11110101 111001 11111101 010111 01010111 110101 01010101 010101 01010101 110001 01110101 111111 110001100 011111 11010101 111111 11010001 110111 11110101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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