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

To the Almighty on his radiant Throne,
Let endless Hallelujas rise! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcXd efeff agagX hchcc ibiib gjgjj bdbXd jbjbb ebebb kbkbe bjbjj fifiiXcecee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00010101001 11010001 1111010101 111101001101 110101110001 1111010111 11000101 110111001001 1110111110 010111010111 11110101001 01111111 1111010101 1111010101 1101011100101 1111010101 01010101 1111010101 0101110101 1111010010011 1111010001 11011101 1111110101 1111111101 101101010101 1111011111 11111101 1111011001 10110010011 0101000101001 1111010101 11100101 1111100101 1111011101 11111110001 1111110101 11010011 1111000101 0101010101 11111111001 1111100101 11010101 100110101 0101010101 0100010101001 1100010111 11010101 1111010111 1111010101 010101100101 1111010001 11001001 1111111111 1111101101 110101010101 1101100101 01110011 1101101101 1101010101 110111100101 1111111101 11001001 11111100101 1111000101 111101101111 01100010111 11010101 1001110101 1011011111 110001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, praise, that, ye, your are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word praise 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 praise connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Hymn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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