This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 163 that begins with:

Complaint of desertion and temptations.
Dear Lord! behold our sore distress;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc deXe dfdf cgcg gaga bhbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101010 11011101 110101 111101001 111101 01000101 101101 010100110 111001 11010101 110101 11010111 110111 01010101 110101 11001101 110101 110101001 011101 11110111 110101 11001101 011111 11011100 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; thy, and are repeated.

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