This is an analysis of the poem Father Of Love, To Thee I Bend that begins with:

Father of love, to thee I bend
My heart, and lift mine eyes;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 111111 11111101 110001 11011101 011111 11001101 111101 11101101 111110 11111101 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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.

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