This is an analysis of the poem The Living Temple that begins with:

NOT in the world of light alone,
Where God has built his blazing throne, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaacc ddeeffgg hhggddgg cciiddaa ggffjjkk ddlldddd aammlldd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 11110101 11010101 01011111 11010111 01110101 10011101 01010101 01110111 110010101 110100101 1000111001 11110001 01010101 11010111 00110001 11110111 0101001001 11110101 11010101 101000101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 0100111001 11010101 1100101001 11000101 11010101 11110101 010101011 10110111 11011101 11010101 101101001 10110111 010001001 11010111 110001001 11100101 11010100 11010111 100111001 010101001 01010101 11011101 01110101 110111001 11010101 11010101 101100101 10111101 110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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