This is an analysis of the poem What Shall I Render that begins with:

For mercies, countless as the sands,
Which daily I receive... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh iiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 01011001 111111 01010111 111111 11011101 110101 10010011 111101 10010111 110111 01011111 110111 00010101 111111 11011111 111101 11110001 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i is repeated.

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

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