This is an analysis of the poem Holy Communion that begins with:
O God of Mercy, God of Might,
How should pale sinners bear the sight,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd efcc aagX hhii jjkk hhhh aXhh efcc cchh lliX fffX aacc aahh ggii ccaaXaaee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11110101 011100101 11010101 11110101 01011101 11110101 01011101 101100101 01010101 11011111 11110101 110001001 11011111 100110111 110111100 11010101 11011101 11010101 01110101 11011111 00111111 11110101 01011011 11111101 01010101 01010101 01010101 100010101 10101110010 11111101 01011111 10110111 11110101 11110111 11011101 11111101 11010001 110101010 100111010 00110001 00110101 10111011 10001110100 11001101 000100101 1010011101 110001010 01011101 11011101 101011101 010010111 100100101 01010101 0111101 01110101 00111101 11011101 10010111 110111001 110100101 11011101 100111101 010100111 01110101 11110111 11011111 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, from are repeated.
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