This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 148 that begins with:

The names and titles of Christ. From several scriptures.
With cheerful voice I sing... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbabcX bdeaff acfcbb dgdgcc daaaff aeeehh XaXagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111001010010 010111 010011 111101 010001 10111101 01010100 010101 0101001 101101 011101 101010101 010110001 010101 010111 101101 010101 01010101 11010101 110011 110111 010101 0100001 100010101 11011101 111101 011001 110100 110101 10011101 10111101 010101 011001 110101 01001 10011101 01010101 110101 010101 110101 010011 11010101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 words the, his, what are repeated.

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  • summary of Hymn 148;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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