This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Xviii: Father, Saviour Of Mankind that begins with:

Father, Saviour of mankind,
Who hast on me bestowed... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dedefgfg fhfhabaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 111101 1010101 000101 1110101 1010001 1111011 1101011 1101101 010101 1110011 111101 0110001 1110101 1010101 110101 1101101 1011010 1011101 11010010 1010101 10100111 1110101 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; and is repeated.

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