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

In heavenly love abiding, no change my heart shall fear.
And safe in such confiding, for nothing changes here.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01001010111111 1101010110101 0111011111101 1101011111001 0101111111111 1100011110111 0101010010101 1101110110101 1101011111111 11010101110110 1111010110101 1101110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, me, my are repeated.

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

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