This is an analysis of the poem Ebb And Flow that begins with:
When first Thou on me, Lord, wroughtest Thy sweet print,
My heart was made Thy tinder-box,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabb bcXcdd eXeaff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11111110111 11111101 11001101 111111 110101001011 0101110111 1111011101 101101010 01011010 1010010 1111011111 1101110111 11111111001 10101010 111101010 010101 1101001101 01110111011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
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