This is an analysis of the poem When Hannah Pressed With Grief that begins with:

When Hannah pressed with grief,
Poured forth her soul in prayer;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecc fXfXcc gegecc hihicc jbjbcc ekekccXibibcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 110101 110101 110101 100100101 11010101 110101 011111 111101 110011 01010101 11110101 111101 1100010 010101 110111 11110111 11010101 100101 110101 100101 110101 111101001 11010101 111101 110101 100101 110111 11011111 11110101 111111 010101 110100 110011 11010101 11010101 100111 110101 110101 111111 11111111 11000101 110101 110101 111101 001101 11001101 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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.

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