This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 151 that begins with:
Prophecy and inspiration.
'Twas by an order from the Lord... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabX ccdd eeffXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011010 11110001 01010101 01001101 111101010 01110111 01010011 01010101 01010101 11110101 10110011 11100111 11011111 101100001 01110001 11111101 00111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 17
- 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.
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- summary of Hymn 151;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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