This is an analysis of the poem Praise For Creation And Providence that begins with:

I sing the mighty power of God,
that made the mountains rise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac aaaaacac dedecfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 01111101 110101 11010001 110101 11010101 110100 11110101 0101111 01010111 110101 110111001 111101 11011101 110011 11110101 010011 11011110 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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