This is an analysis of the poem Hymn For The House Of Worship At Georgetown, Erected In Memory Of A Mother that begins with:

Thou dwellest not, O Lord of all
In temples which thy children raise;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd efef gaga chch ijij klkl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 01011101 11010111 11010101 01010101 01111110 11111100 01011101 01110111 010101001 01000101 010000101 11110101 11010001 01110101 01010001 11010101 110111010 11011101 010101110 11110101 01110111 01000101 01010101 010001101 110101001 11010011 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; its, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, its, in, and are repeated.

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