This is an analysis of the poem We Hail Thee Now, O Jesus that begins with:
We hail thee now, O Jesus,
thy presence here we own,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ababcbab Adbdbefe AgbgXhbh Aicifgcg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 110111 1111111 110101 1111110 1111001 0100110 011101 1111110 010111 1101010 010011 1101010 110001 1111110 111001 1111110 111111 1101010 110111 11010100 010101 1111110 011111 1111110 110101 1011010 010101 1011010 111101 1111010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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