This is an analysis of the poem Celestial Love that begins with:

Higher far,
Upward, into the pure realm,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXbcdecbbfdgghheecciXeaja cggXccbabedeckihhccbbllXXeecceemmXciiggllhheeccccnnXfaammggeeXeeeeeekkkkeeiieejj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,80,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1000011 10111 1001001001 1111100 0010111 0110101 0010101 111101 10001 1010101 1010111 101111 1011 1111 1001 1101101 1010011 10011010 01101010 1010101 1110101 10101001 1010001 1100111000 1011101 0101 0110101 0101 111101 11110111 001100 01001111 11011101 1101 1011 1011001 1101 0111 110101 0010111 010100 010001 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010100 11010101 1110100 1111 1111001 10001001 1000100 10010111 1101 1100101 01000101 111101 11110111 11111111 1000101 110111001 11010111 1110111 10111100 1110001 11010101 11100110 10101010 1110101 0110101 11010101 11110101 1011011 1110111 11101110 11101110 11011101 10111101 01010101 1010101 11011101 10010101 01010101 11001101 01111101 1111010 100110101 00010111 11110111 11011101 11101101 01010101 11110001 01000111 1111110 10111010 01010100 10010100 1010111 1110111 10110101 11010100 10111011 01010100 11111101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1059
  • Average number of words per stanza: 192
  • Amount of lines: 107
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, their, by, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words over, in, the, not, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Celestial Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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