This is an analysis of the poem God Neither Known Nor Loved By The World that begins with:

Ye linnets, let us try, beneath this grove,
Which shall be loudest in our Maker's praise!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh idid hfhf fifi Xbgb jjjj gigiXagag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1101001101 0101010111 110101110001 1101110101 10010101001 1101010101 011101110101 1101110101 10110101101 11010110101 10101110101 1111110111 1101110111 1111011101 1001101110101 1111110101 1001010101 11110100101 100001010111 1101111111 1001011101 0101111101 010101110111 1111010101 1011111101 0101011101 1101011101001 11110001010 01010001101 0101011101 111101110101 1001111101 0001110101 1111010101 110101011101 1111110111 1100011101 10100010001 101101111111 1111011101 0101010101 1101010101 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, love, your are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dear connects the lines.

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