This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 123 that begins with:
The repenting prodigal.
Luke 15:13,etc. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X abab cccc dXdX efef gaga Xhah ahaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0010100 11 01011111 110001 11010101 010111 10101010011 1010101 11011101 110101 101100101 110101 10111101 11011100 11110001 010101 01010101 110101 11110101 011101 01010101 110111 1010101110 010101 101010111 010101 101010101 111101 11111101 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Hymn 123;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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