This is an analysis of the poem The Holy Scriptures Ii that begins with:
Oh that I knew how all thy lights combine,
And the configurations of their glory! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaXXbcddcee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111111110 10010100110 1011011111 11010100010 01111111010 1001111111 1101111010 1111110100 1111011110 1101110101 11111111011 1001011101 1111110111 0101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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