This is an analysis of the poem Himself He Could Not Save that begins with:

Himself He could not save,
He on the cross must die,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcbdd AeXeff AdbdffXAbcbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 110111 110101 010101 11010111 11010101 011111 110101 111111 010101 11011101 01010101 011111 1101001 111101 010101 11010001 11010111 011111 110101 110011 110101 01011111 010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; he is repeated.

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

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

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