This is an analysis of the poem The Love Of God The End Of Life that begins with:

Since life in sorrow must be spent,
So be it--I am well content,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb XXaa ccdd ccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 10011110 11011101 1010101 11111010 01011100 11001111 1111101 11110111 11010101 11010111 1010011 10110101 11010101 1111101 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; in, to, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, love are repeated.

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