This is an analysis of the poem O Flame Of Living Love that begins with:

O flame of living love,
That dost eternally... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadc efcefc fcafcaXccbccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 110100 1111010101 111101 111101 1101000101 111101 111101 1111111100 111101 110101 1101010101 1101011 010101 1111010101 100111 101101 1111000101 010101 1000111 1101100100 101101 0101001 11000110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dost is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, that are repeated.

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

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