This is an analysis of the poem Hymns: My God! I Know, I Feel Thee Mine that begins with:

My God! I know, I feel thee mine,
And will not quit my claim... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcdcd XefeX Xgcgc Xadad Xhihi Xeded Xjbjb Xijij XXiXi Xakak Xfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 101111 11110101 110111 1 111001001 101111 11101111 111101 1 111101010 111101 100111110 101100 1 101101001 101101 11111101 101101 1 11010101 010101 1110001 111101 1 11110101 010110 10111111 110001 1 110101010 110101 110101010 110101 1 110101011 111101 11011111 100101 1 010101111 010011 101111001 110001 1 10111101 110001 11011110 110101 1 11011111 110111 11010101 111101 1 11110101 111101 11010101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i, and are repeated.

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