This is an analysis of the poem Lord Let Me Live that begins with:
Lord, let me live, that more and more
Your wonder world I may adore;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcX ddcXee ffggdd hehebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 11011101 010010111 01010001 110010101 101100 11111111 01010011 110011101 11011101 11000101 010111 11110110 01010001 010100101 10110001 01010101 010011 11111101 11110101 11010101 01010101 11000101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.
The author used the same word lord at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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