This is an analysis of the poem Ebenezer that begins with:

The Lord, our salvation and light,
The guide of our strength and our days, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd beXeffff ghghdede ddddiiiX fjfjaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01101011 01011111 11101001 01101001 0111111 01001011 11001001 11110001 01001011 01011101 01101011 01101011 11010101 11001011 11101101 11011110 01001011 01001011 11111011 11011001 01011001 01011001 11101011 01001001 11101001 01101111 01011011 11010101 11001101 101001101 11010001 110010010 01011101 11100011 01001001 11101001 01111001 01001101 11101101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; our, and, have, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ebenezer;
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