This is an analysis of the poem O Lord, How Happy! that begins with:

From the German of Dessler
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aBABCDCD ececbfbf ghghdada icicdjdj cdcdkfkXXaBABCDCD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010 11110001 101111 10110011 1001101 01010101 1110101 10110111 01001001 10110111 110101 11110111 001111 11110111 011101 11010100 010111 10110101 010101 10000101 111101 1010101 110101 11011101 111101 11110100 111001 11001101 101111 11111111 110111 101100101 111111 10011101 010101 00110111 010101 10110101 101101 11101001 100100 11110001 101111 10110011 1001101 01010101 1110101 10110111 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; thee, not, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, thou are repeated.

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  • summary of O Lord, How Happy!;
  • central theme;
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