This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 154 that begins with:

Self-righteousness insufficient.
"Where are the mourners," saith the Lord,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccaa ddee ddff ddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000010 1010100101 101110111 11010101 11111111 101110011 11010101 01110101 01111001 11011101 11010101 10110011 10111101 11011101 01110111 100101110 010111010 100110111 11100101 11110101 010101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Hymn 154;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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