This is an analysis of the poem They Shall Be Mine, Saith The Lord that begins with:
When sinners utter boasting words,
And glory in their shame;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xede fgfg hihiXfefe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 110011 01111101 011101 11010101 111111 01000101 010101 11110110 110001 11010001 010001 01010101 011101 11010101 110101 00111101 110111 11010111 010011 01010101 010111 11111101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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.
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