This is an analysis of the poem The Love Of Christ Which Passeth Kowledge that begins with:

I bore with thee long weary days and nights,
Through many pangs of heart, through many tears;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe efef gbga eXeX fhfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110111 1101011101 1101110101 111100 1111111111 1101110101 1111111101 111111 1111000101 1111000101 1101110011 111101 1111110101 1101011101 0101110101 111101 1011011111 0111010111 1101111111 111101 0101111111 11001100100 1101111111 010111 1001011101 1110011111 1011010111 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, for are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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