This is an analysis of the poem When Jesus Left His Father's Throne that begins with:

When Jesus left His Father’s throne,
He chose a humble birth;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh iiXigjgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 111000101 110111 11110101 010101 11011101 101101 10011101 110111 11000111 110101 10010101 010101 10010001 110101 11000101 010101 111101110 110101 10011101 100011 11011101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; his, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hosanna is repeated.

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