This is an analysis of the poem Quia Multum Amavit that begins with:

Am I not he that hath made thee and begotten thee,
I, God, the spirit of man?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaeafafghghbebeijijkfkfgegeieieiaiaalalajajididflXlgdgdkgkggagaiiiikdkdkmkmkfkfflflkkkkijijahahiXilbmbmXaXaXbXbbfbfndnddbdbfjXjbXbfaoaoififapap
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 152,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111110101 1101001 10011010110101 011101 11111111110 110111 111110100010 110111 1011101111101 111101 1011011010101 111111 1110111111101 111111 1110100110101 110111 11101101101010 101111 1111111101010 110101 110101101010 0101101 010101101110 111101 101110101010 010111 10101101110010 110111 101010111010 111101 10100100101110 110111 1010101001010 1100101 10101100101110 110101 1110100111010 00111001 11101011111110 111101 1110100101110 111101 111110111110 111011 101100101111 101101 11110110111011 001111 11100100111111 110101 111011101111 010111 1111111111010 110101 1111110101110 100101 1010101100110 10101011 1010101011100 011011 1010101010010 101111 101110101010 011101 1010101110010 1101101 1011101001110 100111 101000101110 110111 101110111010 110101 111011101010 1111010 1011100101110 1111010 101000101010 100111 1011110111010 110101 10100100111010 0101001 101011101010 0100011 1010001001000100 011110 1010111011100 010101 10100100111110 1111001 1010111101110 011101 11100111011110 011001 1010111110110 111101 111110010010010 101101 11001010010010 011101 11101001001111 111101 01000101101111 110101 1110101101010 111111 11111101001010 011101 10111110111010 110101 001010010011010 110101 101011001110 1100111 0100110101010 1110101 111101111010 1010101 10101010010110 1111001 100101001001110 011111 1010101101110 010101 111110111011010 111111 1111101010010 101101 11111101111110 110111 10100111111110 011111 101011101010 111111 111011111100 011101 1111011100101 1100100 0110110101011 111101 111110110011 0111111 11111100111011 110011 1110011111110 110111 001011101010 110101 11100110111101 011111 1111111010101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6843
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1220
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, and, i, with, thee, her, of, love's, to, robes are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, a, and, not, till are repeated.

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