This is an analysis of the poem Manna Hoarded that begins with:
The manna favored Israel's meat,
Was gathered day by day;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd ecec cfcf gaga ahah cici
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 110111 11011101 100101 01010111 010111 01111100 111111 11011111 110101 11110111 110111 01110101 110101 11010001 010101 11011111 110001 11010111 110101 110101001 010101 01010111 010101 11110111 110101 11011101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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