This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn that begins with:
These, as they change, Almighty Father, these
Are but the varied God. The rolling year... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeafghbgdaiaaicbjhhjiikkaiagcfXaXkfaaaXhXbhlXciahXgkaggejhmaXbniiaiegnaecfmeaakjhbgXhidfbkefajbjlahefjkfeaXniaikaka
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 118,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010101 1101010101 01011001001 1101110011 11010100101 1001010101 110011100101 1111000101 0111100111 1101010101 1011010101 1111111101 1111010101 1101010101 1101011111 0101010111 01111010101 0101010101 1001110101 11001001101 01001111101 1101010101 1101010111 1101010001 11000110001 11110101001 111011101 1101011101 1111110101 1101010101 1001011101 010101100001 1001010101 11001010101 1111010101 00110100101 10011100101 0101010001 0101011101 11001011101 1111001101 1101010101 11001010101 1011000101 1111010101 110010111010 00101110111 01110111001 1111011101 1111010101 1101110101 0101110101 0101010010 1001011101 1111111101 11101111110 0101011101 1101111101 1101110101 1111000101 1111010101 11110101101 1001101101 1101011101 0101010101 1101110101 0101010101 0101010101 11010100101 0101010101 1101010101 1101111101 0101010101 1101101101 10100010101 1111010101 1001110101 01010100101 1001110101 01001110101 1111010101 1101011101 1011010101 0101001101 0101011101 1101010101 11110010101 01010101010 1011010101 11010100101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010111 1111010101 1001010101 10010100101 11010001001 0111110111 1101011101 1101100101 0011010101 1001011101 11001010101 101101011101 1101001101 0011100101 1111011101 11110101011 1111010101 1100011011 0101011101 1101011101 0101111111 0101011000 1101011101 0100010111 1101010100 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 5244
- Average number of words per stanza: 895
- Amount of lines: 118
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, ye, whose, my, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, ye are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Hymn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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