This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Xxviii: Love Divine! What Hast Thou Done! that begins with:
Love divine! what hast thou done!
The immortal God hath died for me!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcC bdbXcC ececcC dfdfcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 001011111 01010101 11110101 001011111 11110101 01111111 01010111 11111101 11110110 11010101 11110101 01011111 01110101 01010011 11110101 10111001 11110101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11111101 01011101 1011101000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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