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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