This is an analysis of the poem Te Deum that begins with:

Thee, Sovereign God, our grateful accents praise;
We own thee Lord, and bless thy wondrous ways;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaacccccXXdXeecfeXcfbbggcchhiijjaabbkkdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101110101 1111111101 0101010111 0101010101 110111010010 01010101010 110011010101 1101010001 110101010101 11011110001 11110011001 1101011001 01010001010 1001000101 1101010101 111101011001 0101010101 1101011101 0100010100 0101110011 1101010100 1101010011 11010100100 1101010101 1001010101 1101010111 01010110101 0111111101 01111100101 1101010101 1111111111 1111011101 0100110101 0111110101 1101110100 1101111111 1111110111 1111010111 11001110101 0111110101 1101111101 1111110111 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1874
  • Average number of words per stanza: 327
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee, holy, thy, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, thou, no are repeated.

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  • summary of Te Deum;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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