This is an analysis of the poem The Divine Lover that begins with:

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Me Lord? can’st thou mispend ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xabacccccc X dedefaffaa X bgbgXXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111110 11011111 111111 10110100 0111011101 11010011010 01111101 11011101 11111111010 1111011101010 1 111111 11110111 111111 11111111 0111110110 1111011111 11110111 01110110 1101010101 111101111101 1 111111 10111111 011111 111001101 1101111100 1101110111 01110101 11111111 11101011101 110101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, of, hope, with, i, my, self, thy are repeated.

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

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