This is an analysis of the poem Iii. O Thou, Whose Stern Command And Precepts Pure... that begins with:
O THOU, whose stern command and precepts pure
(Tho' agony in every vein should start, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbabccbcbbccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111011111 11000100111 1101011001 1101010101 1101010101 1011010101 1000010101 1011010100 1101000101 0101001101 1101000101 0110111111 1111110111 0100010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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