This is an analysis of the poem Trinity Sunday that begins with:

Creator, Saviour, strengthening Guide,
Now on Thy mercy's ocean wide... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaa bXb ccc ddd eee fff Xgg hhh aaa iii jXj eee ggg jjj ggg kXk lll iii jjj iiiXaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010101001 11110101 11011101 1111001001 010100100 01001111 0110111 011001001 11110111 01010101 01010101 11110101 110011111 11011101 10111101 11011101 10110101 11010111 11001011010 11001111 110101011 01011111 01010101 11110101 01111101 101100101 11010111 11010101 010001001 110100101 11110101 01111110 10010101 011111001 01010111 01110101 01010101 010011101 01010111 110101001 110001101 110100111 0110110010 010101010 010100110 11000101 010101100 10110111 01110101 110101001 111101001 111100101 010100101 11011101 11110101 01010101 11111001 01010101 11111111 11110101 110111011 11111111 010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • 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; how is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Trinity Sunday;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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