This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 162 that begins with:

Meditation of heaven; or, The joy of faith.
My thoughts surmount these lower skies,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd ecec afaf bgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001010101 11011101 110101 101010101 010101 11010101 01101 11010111 110101 01011101 011101 11110101 110101 11011101 111101 10010101 001101 11100101 010101 11110101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Hymn 162;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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