This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 136 that begins with:
Sincerity and hypocrisy; or, formality in worship.
John 4:24; Ps. 139:23,24. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X abab cdcd abebXaded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001010010100010 1111 10010111 111101 01011111 111101 10110101 010101 01010111 100111 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11111111 111101 11110111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word their is repeated.
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