This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 169 that begins with:

The Divine Perfections.
The Lord Jehovah reigns,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abaXXcbc dXdXXeae eafagXaf XdgXgdad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001100 010101 010111 010101 111100 0101 0111 1101 1101 010001 101101 011101 010101 1101 0101 0101 1101 110101 010101 0101001 111101 1001 1110 0101 0100 110101 010101 101101 10101110 1101 1101 11110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Hymn 169;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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