This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 37 that begins with:

Christ's intercession.
Lift up your eyes to th' heav'nly seats... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede cfbf cgcg caca fXfg
  • 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: 11010 111101101 111001 11000111 111111 11111111 110101 01110101 110101 01011111 111101 01001101 100001 11011111 111101 11110011 1101101 10011111 100101 11010111 1101001 11010001 100000100 11011101 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Hymn 37;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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