This is an analysis of the poem Love Pure And Fervent that begins with:

Jealous, and with love o'erflowing,
God demands a fervent heart;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcXc bdbd eXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011000 1010101 11101010 1100101 11001010 0010001 00111100 10011001 011110010 1111101 11101010 1010001 10101010 1010011 10111110 0010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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