This is an analysis of the poem We Sing To Thee, Thou Son Of God that begins with:

We sing to Thee, Thou Son of God,
Fountain of life and grace;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac abab XXcd efef dgXg caca haha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 100111 11110111 011101 11010111 011101 111101101 1010101 01110101 1100101 11010101 010101 01001100 010101 011101001 011100 01010101 0100101 11110111 010011 0100100100 110101 01010101 110101 11011101 011111 10010001 11001011 01110111 011101 11100101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, holy are repeated.

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

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

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