This is an analysis of the poem Of Imputed Righteousness that begins with:
Now, if thou wouldst inherit righteousness,
And so sanctification possess... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee dX ff cc dd gg Xd aa hh dd bb cc ii cc hh dd Xj aa ff gg jj aa hhXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011010100 111001001 0101110111 0101110101 1111110111 11111110 1010110100 1101001001 0101110101 01010011101 0111111111 0101110100 1100010111 1011110001 111010101 0101011101 1101010100 1101110001 0100011101 100110011 1001111101 1101111111 1001011100 0101011101 0101001101 0111110101 1101011100 1111000111 1001010001 1111001101 0101010101 1011011101 0101110101 1110110001 1111111101 1100111111 1100011101 0111111101 0100100001 11010011001 111101010 1111010101 1100110111 0111011101 1101111101 1101001101 1101010101 0110110111 1111110001 1110110101 1101010101 111111100 1111110111 1101011001 1001011111 1001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, and, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, their are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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