This is an analysis of the poem None Upon Earth I Desire Besides Thee that begins with:

How tedious and tasteless the hours,
When Jesus no longer I see;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXababa bcbcadad cecefdfd ghghadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110010 11011011 11011111 11111001 01101111 01101011 11111001 01011011 01101001 11011001 01010011 11101101 11011111 11001101 11011011 11011101 10001001 11001001 11001011 11101011 11001001 01001101 11011001 01011011 11001111 01111111 11111011 11111011 11111011 11101001 11110111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sweet, his, would, and, my are repeated.

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

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