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

FROM THE PROVENCAL OF BERNARI RASCAS.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aAbbccddeeaaffggaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00100010010 111111110101 0101011111111 010110111100 010111111101 010010111101 1010011010101 010010110111 110111110001 01110101101 0110011010001 10111010010111 10100011010111 1110011100011 111101110101 1011011010101 00101001010101 110101111101 0101011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 534
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Love Of God;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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