This is an analysis of the poem Sinners, Obey The Gospel-Word! that begins with:

Sinners, obey the gospel-word!
Haste to the supper of my Lord!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeaa ffdg ffaX aagg aagX ffcc ggXXXggee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 10010011 01011101 11110101 10010001 11010101 10110101 11110101 10010001 11010001 001110001 11110101 10110101 01001101 10111101 01000101 01011101 01001101 110010011 11010101 11110011 01010101 01010001 01000101 01010001 01010101 01010101 01010100 01010101 01000101 011111010 011111010 01010101 01000100 010010100 01011101 01000100101 01110101 01011111 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

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

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

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