This is an analysis of the poem Heavenly Love that begins with:

Eternal spring of boundless grace,
It lifts the soul above,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fefe bebe fgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010010101 010101 11010101 1111001 11011100 111101 11010101 101101 111101001 110101 10110001 110101 110101010 010101 010101010 110101 01010101 110111 10001101 110101 11111111 110101 010011110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; love is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word love at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Heavenly Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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