The Convert's Love by Thomas Parnell: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Convert's Love that begins with:

Blessed Light of saints on high
Who fill the mansions of the sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeffggbbccffhhaagg ddggaa eeffiijjggXggaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,20,6,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11010001 1011101 01101101 1110111 1010111 10111101 01011101 11010101 101010101 11010101 11011101 10110101 11011101 11011100 11111101 11010111 11111101 11010101 110111011 110010011 01010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 0111001010 110100010 01011111 11010111 111100101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 0111101 110101010 110101010 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010001 1111101 1110111 1111111 1111101 11011101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, of, i, my are repeated.

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

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