This is an analysis of the poem The Hymn that begins with:
It was the winter wild,
While the heaven-born Child... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccbdX eefccfbb gghedhaa aaXaahii jjkXjkll bbgjjgff ccaccaee kkfkkfmm jjXgbnbg aahkkhkk jjaXXaee aahjjhmm bbfccfoo hhaoiaii kkhkkhpp ffoggXmm hhXjjnkk gbiaaipp cchkkhpp Xejppjkk qqXaajjj XckXqkkk aafhhfjj kkajjann aaXaakff aalpplXb jjheXehpp
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 101011 1101001101 100101 1100101 0011010101 01110110 010001010100 100101 110101 01010101001 110101 010101 0101010101 01010101 111101010100 110101 110111 11010111010 110101 010100 010101001010 11010101 110101011111 111101 110101 0101110110 011001 010011 010110011 11110101 101101110111 110101 010101 0101010101 010101 100101 101100110 11110101 11011101011 010101 110111 1011110100 101111 110101 1100110101 101100101 011101101101 110101 110101 0101010101 110111 1001001 0101011111 11010101 10111101011 010101 110101 1101000101 110111 10101 1101010001 01111111 111011011101 11101 111101 1101110101 010101 100011 1111010101 01110101 0101010111001 101111 010101 010010101010 11111 010111 11011101010 11110001 111111010010 110111 0101001 101101000101 010100 110100 11010010101 10011101 010001010111 110111 011101 1101010101 100101 010101 1011011101 11010101 110101110101 111101 111101 01110011101 111101 1001001 1101011101 10111100 1110101110100 101101 101101 1011110101 110100 010111 1101010101 11010101 1101001000101 111101 010101 100011111010 100101 1000101 010010101110 11111100 010101001101 110111 011101 0111010100 110101 10111 1101110101 110110001 0100101110101 010101 111111 101101100110 01101 010011 1001000101 1101110 010101011101 111111 11010 1101100101 0110101 010101 111110111 11010101 100101000101 010011 1111001 1101101010 010001 11101 01010101010 1101111 010111000101 0101010 100101 0101011101 0100111 101001 0101000101 01100101 010111010101 010101 110101 01110010111 011101 011101 1001011101 10110101 110101010101 1110 011101 0111010101 110100 111101 1111010101 01010101 010101110101 110101 110111 0101010101 010101 110101 0101010101 01010111 101101011001 101001 010111 100100010101 111011 010101 1110011001 010100101 0101010010101 110101 010101 01010110101 110101 10101 1101100101 11010111 10010101011 110101 1000101 10010111011 010111 1010101 11011001001 10101010 110011101111 110101 110101 101100111110 110101 110101 01010101010 110101010 1101010101000
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 216
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; her, their, and, his, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Hymn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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