This is an analysis of the poem The Body Of Divinity Versifyed that begins with:

A God there is, a God of boundless Might,
In Wisdom, Justice, Goodness, Infinite.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeffgghhiihhjjccbbhhccaaddbkaabbXabbllaaeebk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110010101 0101010100 1011110101 01011101111 1110110101 1011111101 01010100101 1110111101 1011101101 0111011101 101011101 0110110011 1010011101 0111111101 1111010101 1011010100 0001001101 0101111101 1101100101 110101101 11110011111 11000100101 1101110101 1111111101 1100010101 1011110101 1001001101 1110110101 1101111001 01010101001 0111111101 1111010101 0101111101 110101111 0100111101 1111011111 111100101 1010100100 0100011101 1100010100 01000010111 110110110 0101110101 1111100101 1100010001 1010111001 01010011001 1111110101 0101100111 0101111101 0101110111 0101000101 0101011111 110110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 434
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; god, and, our, to, as, for, his, we are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Body Of Divinity Versifyed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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