This is an analysis of the poem Affliction (Ii) that begins with:

Kill me not ev'ry day,
Thou Lord of life, since thy one death for me... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaa bccbbXcbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111101 1101111111 01111110 110101 110110010001 011101 0011010111 10110101 010101 1110011101 111101 1101011111 11011111 111101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; thou is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.

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