This is an analysis of the poem And Is There Care In Heaven, And Is There Love that begins with:

And is there care in heaven, and is there love
In heavenly spirits to us creatures base,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcc adaXdedee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110101011 01001001101 1101001101 1011110001 01111100101 0101110101 1101010101 111011011 0110101010101 1111110101 1101011101 1111010101 0101110100 0111011100 1111111101 1111010111 1111110101 1111001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; there, to, us are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, and are repeated.

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