This is an analysis of the poem O Intelligence Moving The Third Heaven that begins with:

O Intelligences moving the third heaven,
the reasons heed that from my heart come forth,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbacccddcee ffgfhgefijfii ffkhfkkliilkk mclcmllllllii cjljcllnn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,13,13,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110000100110 0101101111 1101111111 0101010111 10010001010 1101000011 1101011111 1010110001 1111010011 0100111101 1111001101 1101010001 1101010011 01010001100 1011010101 10010100110 11010010101 0101111100 11111111010 1101110101 0101110101 1101001111 0111010101 1101011111 1111000101 0111010001 1001010011 0101101101 0011010101 1101001100 1001011101 1101111101 1011010101 1101010111 1011011001 1111000101 0111111101 0101110111 1110101111 1111110101 1111111101 0101010111 1011011111 1111110111 11110001101 1101001101 0111110001 1101011111 1101011011 1101001101 1111111111 1011010101 1111011111 1101011101 1100110011 1101111101 1111001101 11010011000 1111101001 1111010100 1011110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to, and, so, in, you are repeated.

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