This is an analysis of the poem Where Shall I Find Thee? that begins with:

O Lord, where shall I find Thee?
All-hidden and exalted is Thy place;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXdXefgag hgegiifeXe baaaaafhXh XgXgffcgXgXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,10,10,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1101010011 1111111 10110001001 1101010 1101111111 1001010 1101001101 11010010100 1101010111 11111101110 010101 01010111011 111101 1110100 1101010101 1101011 1001011001 0111010101 1101010111 11111111010 111101 010111011000 010101 1011110 1011101111 1101011 1111001101 1011011101 1101011111 11111101110 110101 11100101110 011101 1101110 1011110111 11110100 1101000111 1111010101 0011110111 10010100110 101101 111001011100 010101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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