This is an analysis of the poem Hymn For St. John's Eve, 29th June that begins with:
O sylvan prophet! whose eternal fame
Echoes from Judah's hills and Jordan's stream;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb aaXX bbcc ddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 1001011101 01001101 11110011 0100010101 0101001111 111101100 110010101 1001110001 0101010111 11000101 01011101 0001010101 1101110111 11110111 01001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; in is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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