This is an analysis of the poem Holy Sonnet Xv: Wilt Thou Love God, As He Thee? Then Digest that begins with:
Wilt thou love God, as he thee? Then digest,
My soul, this wholesome meditation,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXbbXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111111101 110101010 11010110101 01011010011 01010010111 1101011101 110111010 111010110101 1101111111 01111111101 0101011111 11111101010 1111111101 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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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