This is an analysis of the poem Praise To God that begins with:

Praise to God, immortal praise,
For the love that crowns our days;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeadccaaffaAgghhggiieebbaAee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1011111 10101001 1111101 1010001 1010101 10100101 101001001 1110101 1010101 11111001 11100101 11010101 10100101 11100101 00110001 1011111 1111101 1111111 1011101 1110101 00101001 1011101 1010101 1011111 1010101 10100111 1011001 1110101 01010101 11100101 1010101 1011111 1011101 11100101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 204
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; praise, for, that are repeated.

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

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