This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 167 that begins with:

The Divine Perfections.
Great God! thy glories shall employ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd eedd ffcc aXee ggaa eedd aadd XXhh hhii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001100 11110101 11011101 11010101 110010101 11011101 010100101 11010101 11110111 010101101 00011101 01110101 11010001 11010111 11010000 01010101 11110111 01010101 10010100 11010111 010010111 01000101 11010001 11010101 11010001 101010111 01000101 01011101 11010101 01010101 10110101 10111111 101010111 10010111 11111111 0110001 01010001 11100101 1011101101 10111101 01010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my, and, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Hymn 167;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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