A Te Deum by Alfred Austin: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Te Deum that begins with:

Now let me praise the Lord,
The Lord, the Maker of all!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBab cdcd eaea fbfb agag aaXX haXa ifif jiji bXbj afaf kiki jljl mbmb hfhf emem ffff bjbj fafaXaBab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 0101001 101111011 01111001 101010101 0101101 0001001 1001001 11111111 10111001 11101111 11001001 11111101 11111011 1001001 11101110 111111100 101101101 101011001 10111001 101101111 10101111 10100101 11101100 10111011 00100101 10100101 100100101 101111 1011111 1101111 110111 10101111 11101001 10101111 111001111 101100111 10111101 101101001 01111 1111111 11100111 10100101 10101001 01001011 10111111 0100101 10101001 01011101 01001001 101011101 1011011 111111 1010101 110101 10100101 10100111 10100101 10101001 10101001 011011001 0111111001 101001111 111001001 111111 111111 110111 110111 10100101 1101101 10101011 00100111 10100111 10111001 10101000 1111111 111101 0101001 1111011 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; praise, his, and, we, he, for, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, he, shall, for, thanks, and, the, thank, praise are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase we connects the lines.

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