This is an analysis of the poem Hymn that begins with:

To the too-dear, to the too-beautiful,
who fills my heart with clarity,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbABbabaXcXcdXdXAbAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011001100 11110100 00100001010 11010100 11110100 1100111 0011100 101000010 1010111 011010101 101001010 0010101 110001 001110100 1010101 001011000 0011001100 10111100 00100001010 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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