This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Of The Dunkers that begins with:
KLOSTER KEDAR, EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA (1738)
SISTER MARIA CHRISTINA sings... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a aabb ccdd eeff eegg bbcc cchh iXdd ggjj bbkk cXhh ggbb bbeeXhhii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010010101 100100101 11010111 01100101 01010111 11010111 10011111 11111111 10011101 11000100 11010101 11011101 11000101 01110101 11110101 11110111 11110101 011100101 11110011 11110101 110001101 011100111 01011111 11011101 11110111 11011101 11010101 01010111 11111101 01010100 01110101 01010111 11010101 01000101 11010101 11011111 100111010 111101010 11010101 01010101 11011101 10011101 11111111 0100111001 11110100 11010100 11000101 1000100101 010100101 11010101 11011111 11011101 11111101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, and, our, he, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, we, he, the are repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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