This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 156 that begins with:
Presumption and despair; or, Satan's various temptations.
I hate the tempter and his charms,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abab acac aXaX XbcX dddX efef Xgcg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 010101110100010 11010101 110101 01010101 011101 11110101 110101 11110101 010101 110110101 0101010 10111111 10100100 111101010 010111 1110101 1101010 11011011 1011101 01110111 1111110 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 010111010 110101 11110111 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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