This is an analysis of the poem God that begins with:

O Thou, who's infinite in space,
Alive in ever-moving matter,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefgdhg iadegedjek eaXcfXjgfj ledmjajdde dkdddndafj cjjjoddjXe jpjXljioan djeendgaal dbdfoXgadf fcdhdamqfb eXaqgfpcag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 010101010 01000101 11000100010 110111010 1111110 11110101 11010111 010001010 11111 11011101 010101 01010101 110111 01011101 010101 10010111 110101001 10110101 01000100 01010101 0100100010 011101110 01000111 101101101 11010110 11010101 0101010101 110101010 1111110100 10100101 1101010 110101 11010111 111101 010101 11011101 010101 1111110 11010111 01010101 11000100 110111 1111001 1111010 0101010 01010101 110100 11110111 01011101 01010101 01010001 10010111 11110101 00010111 01010101 11010101 1100010101 10100101 11010111 01111011 010100110 1101011 1101010101 01111111 11010011 01110101 00010111 01010111 01011111 11110101 11010101 110100 11101101 0100010001 011101010 100101110 0001001001 110001010 11110101 1101010101 110101010 1101010101 1101010001 11111001 11010100 01010101 11110100 10111111 111111110 010111010 110100110 1101100010 1111 01001101 11010111 010101 11010101 11011101 010100110 110100010 11011111 10001100 111001 11110101 01110111 1101110 11010011 0101011100 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • 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; in, thou, and, to, i, of, i'm are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, thou, this, my, i are repeated.

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  • summary of God;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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