This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 158 that begins with:
Few saved; or, The almost Christian, the hypocrite, and apostate.
Broad is the road that leads to death,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbX XdXd Xcac efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110111001011010 10011101 11010101 110101001 01110100 1001011110 00100101 10110111 01110101 010111011 11010111 01011101 11010101 11111101 011101001 11011101 111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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 158;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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