This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn Of The Many that begins with:

God's people sorely were oppressed,
I heard their lamentations long;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba XaaX bccb deed beeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 11110001 11110111 11110001 01010101 01010011 11110001 11111101 11010101 11010101 11110001 11110001 110010101 11010101 11011101 10010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, their, they, his are repeated.

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

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