This is an analysis of the poem Lord, With Glowing Heart I'D Praise Thee that begins with:

Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee,
For the bliss Thy love bestows,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb aaaadede afafabagXdgdgcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 1011101 101001111 1011001 11111010 0110101 11101110 1110101 11101111 10100101 11111011 0010101 10110010 1111111 10101010 1011101 11101111 0111101 10111001 1110111 10111011 1101101 10111011 1011101 10101010 1011101 10111010 1110101 11111110 1110111 11111010 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee, to, praise, grace are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word praise at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase praise connects the lines.

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