This is an analysis of the poem Fourth Sunday After Easter that begins with:

My Saviour, can it ever be
That I should gain by losing Thee?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcdcd eXccXebfbf bbggffcaca Xfbbhhibib ffbbdddjdj kkffkkakak iibbeeXada llddaafmfm iikkccngng
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 11111101 01010101 11110101 11111101 11111101 11110101 11111101 011100101 11110111 100111111 10100101100 11110101 11110101 110110101 11011101 11001101 1100100111 110011101 111110101 11011111 10110101 111111001 111111001 01110101 11011111 11010101 01000101 11010101 11011101 01111110 11101101 100100010 110111110 10010111 11010111 11111101 10110101 11010001 11110101 01011111 01010111 01010101 11110101 00110111 01010101 111101011 111111110 11011111 01010110 10111101 111101001 11000101 11110101 11011101 11110101 100010111 010011101 110101001 10011101 11010101 110101001 010010001 11000101 11000101 01110111 111111010 1110111 01011101 01011101 11010111 11010101 111100111 01011111 11010101 11111011 01111111 10110101 111101001 00111001 10111101 11111101 01111111 11111101 01101101 11110101 010110101 01110101 11111111 0101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, their, of, for, to are repeated.

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

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