This is an analysis of the poem Jehovah Reigns that begins with:
Jehovah reigns: let every nation hear,
And at his footstool bow with holy fear;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeff gghheeiiggccXgjjcc ddddeeiijjkkXgiiee eebbllljXXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,18,18,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01011100101 1101010101 11011010001 1011010101 11010111010 11010101010 1101110101 10011010111 0101010101 1101010101 110111010010 11110100010 11010010101 1101010101 0101110101 11010010101 10110111010 110100101010 010111101001 1101010111 10110101001 010010010101 110100101010 100111001010 11010101011 11010101001 1001000111 01001010101 01110111010 10110101010 1111010101 1111010101 10100010111 0101011100 01010101010 01011101010 1011010001 1111111101 110100110101 01010010101 01011111010 110101011010 0101010110 1001010101 0101111101 0101010001 01111001010 111100110010 1111110111 0101010101 101010111101 0101010101 110101100010 11110001010 1111010101 11001101001 1111010110 0110010001 01010101011 11011101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 670
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
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