This is an analysis of the poem Lord Of My Heart's Elation that begins with:

Lord of my heart's elation,
Spirit of things unseen,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabaaabcdc dbXb XaXa Xaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 100101 0111010 010101 1111110 010101 01010100 010011 1010110 110101 1111010 011100 1111010 101101 0101110 010111 01110010 011101 0101010 100101 0111000 110101 1001010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; bear, of are repeated.

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