This is an analysis of the poem Zion, Or The City Of God that begins with:

Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc cdcdeXeX fgfgfhfh ababcccc ijijekek
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101110 1010011 11110010 1110101 10101010 1111101 01001010 1111111 10101010 1000101 10111110 1110101 11111010 1011110 11101010 1010101 111010100 10111001 101010100 1010101 11101010 1111111 10101010 1110111 10100010 1001001 10111011 1011101 10101010 1010111 11101010 11011001 1000110 1110101 10101110 1010011 10001010 1010111 10111010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 is repeated.

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