This is an analysis of the poem By Reason Of Thy Law that begins with:
Here I make oath--
Although the heart that knows its bitterness... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcdcddddcbd ccdXedXXeXd XXddccdddbbbb fdfggfgdfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,11,13,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1101110100 11 1101 1111011101 110101 111111 11010000100 1010111101 10001010011 010101 10111101 1001 100101 1101010101 1001010101 1011101101 0101 011110 010011101 010101 01001001110 110101 010001 101101010110 1111110101 001001 0101010100 011101 1100110111 1100 1011 1100010101 1111 1001010010111 100101 01001110101 1111 11010111 111111 0110101 1111011101 1101010001 1010011111 1001 010101 110101001 1101101101 1111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and, sweet are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sweet, space are repeated).
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