This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 88 that begins with:
Life the day of grace and hope.
Eccl. 9:4-6,10. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X aabb XXcc ccbb ddbb eeaa ddff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 111 10010101 011010101 11011101 01010101 100101111 01011101 01011101 01010001 01011111 11010101 11011101 01010101 11011101 11010001 11110111 01010001 11110101 11011101 11011101 11110101 11110101 00110111 11011101 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, their, and, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word their is repeated.
The author used the same word life at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Hymn 88;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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