This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To God's Power that begins with:

Hail! Power Divine, who by thy sole command,
From the dark empty space,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efeX gfgf hihi gjgj gkgkXagag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11001111101 001101 10111101 1001001 10110111 110101 10110101 110101 010101101 110100 10010101 110110 010101101 1101011 10111101 100101 11010101 010101 10010101 110001 11011101 110101 11010111 010111 11101001 1100101 011100111 110101 01010101 1011001 010100101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye, your are repeated.

    The author used the same word ye at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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