This is an analysis of the poem Lord, What A Beloved Is Mine! that begins with:

Lord, what a Beloved is mine! I have a sweet quarry; I possess
in my breast a hundred meadows from his reed. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcdcebbcXeadfXXgffgfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001110110101 01101011001 101001001101011 11101110111001 1111011010110 111110001110001 101011111001110 111011010011010 1 10111011101111 1101010001101110 1 101011111101010 01000111010 1100001111101 11111100101 11111010101101 101111010101 1101100101100110 10011111 011110101001010010 11110011101011 0101010101111 11010011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 245
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, his, of, moon, said, heart are repeated.

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

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