This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn To God The Father that begins with:

Hear me, O God!
A broken heart... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacc bddbd bbbbb ceecXb fggfg ehheh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,6,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 0101 0111 1111 1111 0111 0111 0101 1111 1101 1111 1111 1111 1001 0111 1100 1111 1111 1101 0101 1101 0111 1111 01001 1101 1110 1101 1110 0111 1101 1101 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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