This is an analysis of the poem The Lord's Call To His Children that begins with:

Let us adore the grace that seeks
To draw our hearts above!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca cXcX dede fgfg hahaXafaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 011101 01110101 1100101 11010101 110101 11010101 011101 10011101 010101 11010101 0001010 11111101 011101 11010101 110111 11110110 101001 11111101 010101 111101001 1111001 11110101 111111 01110111 110101 111101001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • 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; his, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Lord's Call To His Children;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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