This is an analysis of the poem New Heaven, New War that begins with:

Come to your heaven, you heavenly choirs,
Earth hath the heaven of your desires; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff gghhcX ffffaa bbiiaa bbaabb jjhhbb fXbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011001 1101001010 01110011 01010101 11110101 11011101 010111010 110001010 01011101 11010101 11010111 01110101 11000101 11110101 11010001 11110101 11011111 11010101 011101001 01111101 101110101 01111111 11010111 10110101 01011111 01010101 11110101 11011111 1001011 01011001 01111101 01011101 010011101 01010101 01010111 11010101 0101001 01010101 01011101 01010101 11110101 01011001 11011101 10011111 01010101 01010011 01111101 111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; your, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of New Heaven, New War;
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