This is an analysis of the poem Septuagesima Sunday that begins with:

There is a book, who runs may read,
Which heavenly truth imparts,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede cfcf gdgd fhfh gigi bfbf jjjj akak fXfk klkl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011111 1100101 11010101 111101 01010101 011101 11001101 110101 010010101 010101 100010111 011101 01010101 010111 111100111 110001 01010111 110101 01110101 011101 010111010 110111 111111110 110101 10110101 1110010 11010011 0100110 010100111 010101 110101001 110101 110111001 001101 01010101 1001101 010100101 1101001 10010111 110101 11111101 011010 010101101 110111 111101101 110111 11010111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; their is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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