This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Iii: All That Pass By, To Jesus Draw Near that begins with:
All that pass by, To Jesus draw near,
He utters a cry, Ye sinners, give ear!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eebb ccff ggfbeedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111101011 1100111011 01001111101 11001111001 0101111010 0101111101 11011001001 11011011101 0100101101 0100101101 01011001101 100010011001 1111111101 1111101011 11101011001 10101001011 11001011001 01001001101 0100101011 0101101101 0100101011 1110111101 01011001001 11001011011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, to, and, in, my, thy, i, of, us are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, my, of are repeated.
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