This is an analysis of the poem On The Religious Memory Of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, My Christian Friend, Deceased Dec. 16, 1646 that begins with:

When Faith and Love, which parted from thee never,
Had ripened thy just soul to dwell with God, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdXdcd
  • 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: 11111100110 1101110101 1011010101 01111101110 11111110010 1101100101 1111000101 10110111110 1101111101 1101010101 1101111111 11010111001 0101111111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 669
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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, them are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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