This is an analysis of the poem In Sickness that begins with:

Jesus, since I with thee am one,
Confirm my soul in thee,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dada efef ghgh didi dXdX fbfb dbdb jaja ifif abaX kgkg ldld
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 011101 11010011 010101 11010101 0011010 1110101 010101 11110101 010001 11010101 110101 01001101 111101 11001101 010101 01110111 111111 01110101 011011 11110111 111101 11010111 110001 11011111 010101 01010011 110100 11010101 100111 110100011 110111 11011111 01001001 10110101 110001 01111101 110101 11001101 111111 11110101 010111 11010101 110001 11111101 110110 100110001 1101010 11110111 110001 11111101 110101 11111101 010101 11111101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and, how are repeated.

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

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