This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 117 that begins with:

Election sovereign and free.
Rom. 9:20-23. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X abab cbcd aeae fgfg dbdb chch hhaaXffdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101011 111 01010101 11010111 10111111 00100101 110101001 101011101 11010101 11011101 11010111 01010110 11011101 11011101 10010101 11010101 10110011 11110101 10110101 10010101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11010101 01001101 11010101 11110111 11010111 11010001 11010101 11110101 10110101 01110101 01000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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; his is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Hymn 117;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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