This is an analysis of the poem Bitter And Sweet that begins with:

Kindle, Saviour, in my heart,
A flame of love divine; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dedebbbb afafgXgX gXgXcfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 010101 1111111 111101 0111111 0011101 1110101 101001 10101001 110101 1110111 111001 1110101 110101001 1110101 011101 1010101 110111 1010111 111101 1010011 1010001 1110101 111001 1111111 010101 1111101 1101010 1110101 1010101 1010101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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