This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts On Predestination And Reprobation : Part Iv. that begins with:

To bless is his immutable decree,
Such as could never have begun to be:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd bbccXeaa aaffcc bccXgfh h hhiieejjee aabbcXbeeggeeaaccaacc bbccXXaakkddll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,7,1,10,21,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0100010001 1111011000 0101010101 0001010001 0101010111 1101010101 0111000101 1001010101 1111110101 1101011011 1001010101 10010010001 1001010110 0011010101 0101000111 1111110101 0101111101 1111010001 1110010101 1111000101 1101010111 101101101 11011001 01 1111000101 110 1 01011 1 1101010111 1101010101 1011010001 1101010101 1101000101 1001010111 0101010001 1011000111 1101110101 1101010001 1111011101 1111110001 10001010001 0110001111 1001011101 10010101010 01010111000 0101010101 000110101 11100100101 010110001 0100010101 01010010101 1101011111 11010100101 1111011111 1101011101 1111010011 1101110001 0101110101 1001110011 110100101 1101010000 0111011101 0110010101 0101010001 11000001010 01011001 1101011010 1100111101 0001001101 0101010001 1101010011 10001010100 0101110101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; to, of, all are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words paul, all, who, to are repeated.

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