This is an analysis of the poem Longing To Be With Christ that begins with:

To Jesus, the crown of my hope,
My soul is in haste to be gone; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX bdbd ebeb ffff eeee ceceXbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01001011 11001001 11111001 11101001 11011011 11101101 11001001 110010110 01111101 11001001 11101001 11101001 11101001 101011011 11101111 01011101 11101001 11111001 111111011 111101101 11101101 01001011 11001001 01111001 10101001 01011011 100111011 11111011 101101101 11101001 011011001 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

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