This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 157 that begins with:

Satan's devices.
Now Satan comes with dreadful roar... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa bXbc cdcd eaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 11010101 110001 110111010 000101 11010101 011110 10110101 110101 11011101 110011 10110101 110101 10011001 110101 11010111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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.

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  • summary of Hymn 157;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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