This is an analysis of the poem Preparatory Meditations - First Series: 1 that begins with:
What love is this of Thine that cannot be
In Thine infinity, O Lord, confined,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbb XbXbbb XbXbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100011100 0101001101 0100110101 0100110011 1111111101 1011110001 11011010001 100001101001 0111010101 1101110101 1111111101 0111111111 1111110111 01001011111 11110011101 11001110111 0101010101 1101111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, love are repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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