This is an analysis of Love Inducin Christian Conduct by John Bunyan.

When understand my meaning by my words,
How sense of mercy unto faith affords…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb ac bb dd ee ee ff dd cc aaXdd
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Metre: 1101110111 1101010101 1101001101 1110010101 110101110 0101110001 1110010111 1111110111 0111010111 11010011001 1100111101 1101111101 0101011101 0101011100 0101010101 0111011101 0111100001 0111011101 1001110100 0111011101 1001010101 1101110111 0111110101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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