This is an analysis of the poem Behold that begins with:

Behold, where breathing love divine,
Our dying Master stands!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdedXafa XdcdbgbgehfhceaeXaede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 110101 0101001001 010101 01110101 110101 01011111 010101 100111001 110101 01010001 110101 110101001 010101 110101001 1101001 11010101 0100101 01010101 1110001 01010001 011101 11110101 010001 10010001 110111 11110101 0100111 01010101 110001 01111101 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of Behold;
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  • history of its creation;
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