This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 102 that begins with:

The Beatitudes.
Mt. 5:3-12. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X abXX ccdd eecc ffgg hhii iiab jjff kkgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000 1111 11010111 11001100 10010011 11011101 11010101 11110101 01010101 01011111 11011101 01110111 10011101 11110101 11011111 10111100 11010111 01011101 11011101 11010011 01011101 11001101 11011111 001001001 01010111 01010100 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01111101 11110001 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word blest at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Hymn 102;
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