This is an analysis of the poem He Loves Me that begins with:

That God should love me is more wonderful
Than that I so imperfectly love him. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdceed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111101100 1111010011 1100010011 100100100 0111110111 1101111111 0111010011 0111111100 1111011101 1111111101 1101110101 1100111111 1111110101 0111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.

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