This is an analysis of the poem In Memoriam A. H. H.: Preface that begins with:

Strong Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom we, that have not seen thy face,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcdeed fggf eeee geeg hiih dhhd effe chhc jkkj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11111111 11110101 01011101 11110111 11010111 11011111 01011111 11111001 11011111 11111101 11111111 11010101 010100111 11111111 11110101 11010111 11111100 11110101 11111111 11111101 11000111 11110101 01010101 11010101 110100011 11110101 11110101 11011111 11111111 11110101 11110111 01111101 11111101 11010101 11011101 01111101 11011111 11110111 111100001 011111001 01000101 01011101 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; thou, and, not, he, they, we, more, thy, man, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, our, they, i are repeated.

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

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