This is an analysis of the poem Universal Prayer that begins with:

Father of all! In every age,
In ev'ry clime ador'd, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bbbb cdcd efef ghgh ebeb bfbf chch bcbc fhfh fifi cece Xggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101001 010101 11110111 010111 11111101 111101 01101110 111111 11100101 010001 11010101 110100 11001001 111101 01111101 111101 11011101 111101 11011101 1010001 11011001 110111 11110101 110111 11010101 011101 11010101 111111 01111101 100101 01111111 011101 11010101 1010001 11110101 111101 11010101 010111 11010101 110101 11111101 110111 111100011 101111 01011111 110101 11010111 111001 01110001 110111 11011101 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; by, to are repeated.

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

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

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