This is an analysis of the poem His Power Bounded, Greater Is His Might that begins with:
His Power bounded, greater is in might,
Than if let loose, 'twere wholly infinite.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXXddaaXXeeffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101010001 1011110100 1111110110 1101100101 0100010001 0111110111 0101000111 0101010011 1111010101 0101010001 1101010001 0101011101 101101100 1111010101 0101110100 0101000100 1111001101 1111001101 11101010101 1101011101 1101010101 1101111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 908
- Average number of words per stanza: 171
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, all are repeated.
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