This is an analysis of the poem Lilies Without, Lilies Within that begins with:

Can I think the Guide of Heaven
Hath so beautifully given... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbffffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1110010 1010011 0111100 1011101 1010101 1111101 0110011 1011101 1010111 1100101 1100100 1110101 1110101 1000101 1010111 10111010 001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 522
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lilies Without, Lilies Within;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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