This is an analysis of the poem Benedicite that begins with:

God's love and peace be with thee, where
Soe'er this soft autumnal air... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd eee fff eee agg hhh fff ddd iiiXfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011 10010101 10110011 101101001 01010101 11010111 010101101 01000101 10010101 11010101 01111111 01011101 01110101 11010101 111100111 1001110011 11101111 11011101 101011101 01011101 10111111 11110111 011101001 11011111 01010101 111100111 0101101 01010111 010100101 11110100 01000101 11111101 01001101 11010111 01001101 01010101 01011011 11111111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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