This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts On Jesus Christ's Decent Into Hell that begins with:

WHAT wondrous noise is heard around!
Through heaven exulting voices sound,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bcc bd edX ff agg ah aha hh haa hh ehe bb igg Xg jgj ff eaa ea aXa gg iee eh fhf bb kll ke lel aa ekk Xh aha kk Xee eb mbm ie hX bh Xa Xa ff nll nd gdg ll gXX ge aea ee jhh ja eae cX nlf na bab oo ahh Xn cnc gg haa ha aaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110010101 01010101 11010101 01111101 11010001 11010111 11110101 11010101 01011100 11100101 110010101 11011101 01001111 01011111 010111010 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11110101 11110101 11010101 01110101 01011101 101100101 10010101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11111101 111101000 11110100 01011111 1010111010 111001001 111111010 10010101 111100010 11010111 01000101 11111101 11010101 01110101 111100101 11110101 11010101 1011011000 010110101 010101010 101111010 11010100 11010101 11010101 100110101 11010101 01110101 11110001 0100100101 01011101 11010001 01010101 111101010 110111010 11010101 11110100 110101010 01011001 1100100010 11110101 01110101 1110101 11010101 10110101 11010111 110101001 11010101 01011111 11010001 11111101 11010101 10011101110 11010111 01010111 11010101 11010111 01000100 11010101 01111011 11101100 110011101 11110101 110111100 110100111 11011101 11110111 11010111 01111110 11010101 01010101 010011111 11010101 110111110 011101010 11110101 01010101 11010101 101010101 11001101 111101010 110111010 010101001 111101100 11010111 11010101 11110101 11011111 11111100 11010111 101010011 11110101 11110111 01110111 11110111 11111101 10010101 10110101 11111101 11011101 101011111 10111001 11010111 111101010 11101111 11010111 110111010 101010101 111101010 11011001 11110101 11011100 111111110 10010111 10110101 1011111000 11110101 01010101 01011101 11000101 01110111 01010011 01110101 11010101 11111001 11111101 01010101 01010101 11110101 100101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 65
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 160
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; he, she, to, her, when, thy, ye, for, them, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, he, when, a, for, ye are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases he, she connect the lines.

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