This is an analysis of the poem Hymn 95 that begins with:

Regeneration.
John 1:13; 3:3, etc. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X bXbX acac dede fbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 1111100 11010111 111111 10011111 110101 01000101 011101 10010001 010101 01011101 110101 11010101 110101 11010111 001101 11011111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; nor, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is 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 95;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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