This is an analysis of the poem Father Of Light, And Life, And Love! that begins with:

Father of light, and life, and love!
Thyself to us reveal;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gfgf gege ahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 100101 11011101 110101 10010101 110101 11010101 110101 11111111 101101 11111111 111101 10110111 111101 10011110 001101 11101101 100101 11110001 011111 11111111 110101 11111101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, by, light are repeated.

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