This is an analysis of the poem The Laws Of God, The Laws Of Man that begins with:

The laws of God, the laws of man,
He may keep that will and can;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeeffccgghhbXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1111011 11111101 11011111 10111111 1011101 11111101 11011110 1101111 11010101 11101111 1110010 111111010 011101110 11110101 01100011 1010101 0011101 10010111 11110111 11111101 01010100 1110111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 795
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, laws, they, we are repeated.

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