This is an analysis of the poem Song Ix: Ho Ye Who Seek Saving that begins with:
Love is enough: ho ye who seek saving,
Go no further; come hither; there have been who have found it,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbX XcXccX ddXdde aXaaaXXababbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111110 11101101101110 111010100010 11010010010 110111011110 110110111110 1101100110011 1110110011010 1011011011010 1011010110110 1010110111010 111110111110 110010010010 111011110110 0010011011010 1010110110110 110011111110 111011011011 111111010010 111111011000 11111111110 1111111111110 1011011111010 111110110110 0111101111110 1110110111110 10010100010 10010010010 011111011110 11111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, his, for, of, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words these, lo, come, here are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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