This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 73 that begins with:

The church's beauty in the eyes of Christ.
SS 4:1-11. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X aabX cbdd eXbb ffcc bbXX ggffXbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101000101 111 10010111 010101001 1111110011 10011110100 101111101 01110101 11110101 11110111 101111101 100111010 11010101 110100011 100110111 11111111 01101101 01010100 10101110011 1001111001 110011110 010111010 11100101 00110111 01010101 11000111 110111001 11011101 11111111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; and, my, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.

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