This is an analysis of the poem He Dwelleth In You that begins with:

Saviour, I thy word believe,
My unbelief remove;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcBC deXebcBC fdfdbcbc ghghbcBCXadadbcbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 110001 1110101 010001 1111011 11011101 1010011 010101 1011111 0101001 1110100 110101 1010101 11011101 1010011 010101 110011 111101 11100111 011111 11100101 10111001 1010011 101101 1101101 111101 1111101 100101 1110101 10111101 1010011 010101 1011001 110101 1011101 011101 1011110 01010111 1010011 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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

    The poet repeated the same word reveal at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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