This is an analysis of the poem My Savior, On The Word Of Truth that begins with:

My Savior, on the word of truth
In earnest hope I live;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe gfdfdhfh dfafcXbd fdddfigi jgggcjfj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 010111 11110101 110111 111100101 011101 11010101 110101 01010101 111111 11110101 110101 11111111 0100101 10110101 010101 11011111 111110 11011101 011101 11111101 0101000 010011001 1101001 00111101 110001 11110111 010111 01111101 010101 11011101 111101 11110111 111101 101100101 010101 11111111 110101 11011101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and is repeated.

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