On One Stone Shall Be Seven Eyes by John Newton: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem On One Stone Shall Be Seven Eyes that begins with:

Jesus Christ, the Lord's anointed,
Who his blood for sinners spilt;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb bcbcc aXacc dcdcc aaXaa dadaa cacaa ccccc efefX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1011101 00111010 1010111 10101111011 1011111 1010101 10100101 0010101 10101110111 1010101 1010101 10001010 11101010 110010110010 10011011 11101001 00100111 1010101 10101111101 1010101 1010101 10101100 1010101 10111010111 10101011 1110101 10101011 1010101 10100011101 001011010 1011101 11111010 1010001 11101110111 10101010 1011001 10101010 1110101 00111111101 11101110 11101001 10111010 1010101 10100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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; his is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

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