This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn To The Name And Honour Of The Admirable Saint Teresa that begins with:

LOVE, thou are absolute, sole Lord
Of life and death. To prove the word, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcceeaaffddggaahhiijj ffhhffddjjhhcc ggkk hhff lkff cckkcchheemmllccXaeecc lknneeffXhaakkhhee hhnncclkhhcckXggkkXeennffhhllhhklggcckkeeggeehh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,14,4,4,4,22,18,47,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110111 01110101 11010101 11110111 1101001111 01110101 1110101 11100101 111100101 0111010101 1111011111 11110101 11010001 11010011 11110101 01011101 11111011 11111101 11010101 11011101 111101101 10111111 11110111 1111111 11110101 01011101 11011101 11110111 11100111 11010100 11100101 11110100 10011100 10100101 11000101 011010111 11000101 01110101 01101001 11110101 11110101 01111101 11110101 01001111 11110111 1011011 11110110 1011101 1111111 111011100 11111111 1110111 1111111 101010100 1111101 0011101 0010001 0010111 1011101 11110101 11111111 01111111 11001101 1010101 11000101 1010111 10010101 11111100 11111001 1111110 101100110 111010110 00010111 110101011 00010111 11110101 1010101 10111111 11011101 11111101 01010111 10010111 11110111 10011111 11010100 01010111 11011111 111110001 111110110 111101010 11111111 1001111 110101011 01111101 101111111 111111011 11011101 11011101 11111101 101010 01010111 11110101 111111111 11111011 1110111 11100001 11110111 1101010 10111111 1011111 11110111 11010011 11111111 11010001 11111111 11111111 110011111 111111001 11011110 110011101 11111011 11001111 11110111 10011100 01111011 01010111 11011111 10010111 01111111 11011111 10000101 01011101 101011111 11010101 11000111 10011111 110001101 11011101 11011101 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 140
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, them, and, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of are repeated.

    The author used the same words farewell, angels at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word martyrdom at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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