This is an analysis of the poem My Grace Is Sufficient For Thee that begins with:

Oppressed with unbelief and sin,
Fightings without, and fears within;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd bbaa bbXc eeff ggdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010011 10011101 11110101 01110111 11110111 11110001 01110111 11111111 11011101 01111101 01111101 11011101 11010101 01010011 01011011 11011101 1101111 11011101 11011101 11111111 11110100 10010101 11110101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; and, i, my are repeated.

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  • summary of My Grace Is Sufficient For Thee;
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  • history of its creation;
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