This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To Content that begins with:

O Thou, the Nymph with placid eye!
O seldom found, yet ever nigh!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb dd effe eecaac eeagga ddbhhb iiedde aac ddc jjagfa XXdffd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,4,6,6,6,6,3,3,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11011101 0111001 11011101 1100111001 110101 1101101 01110101 011101 11011101 11011101 110101 111100101 11011101 011101 10111101 01110101 110101 01000101 11000101 110101 11110100 110010101 010001 11111101 010010101 110111 11011101 10011001 010101 0100101001 01010101 010101 01011101 11010101 111101 11110111 01110111 011101 01010001 111100101 110001 111101010 111101110 111101 11010001 11110101 111101 11010101 11010101 1100101 0111011011 11111101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • 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; thy is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, thy, and are repeated.

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

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