This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 72 that begins with:

The coronation of Christ, and espousals of the church.
SS 3:11. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X aabb ccbb ddee ddaa ffggXddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010011100001 11 10010101 01010101 10110101 11010100 10110101 01010111 01010101 11110111 110010100 11100101 101101001 11011101 01001101 11110101 11110101 11011111 110001101 01110111 11110111 10110001 11011101 11110101 01011101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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; of, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words accept, like, nor are repeated.

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  • summary of Hymn 72;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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