This is an analysis of the poem Faith's Review And Expectation (Amazing Grace) that begins with:

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1 AMAZING grace! (how sweet the sound!) ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab X caca X dece X bdbd X fgfg X hihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101011101 1110111 111111111 1111111 1 111111101 1111101 111001101 10101101 1 111010111 1110101 111111111 1110111 1 101110001 1011101 110111100 1111101 1 111011111 1110111 111010101 1010111 1 101110111 1011001 111111101 1001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Faith's Review And Expectation (Amazing Grace);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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