This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Xii: Come, Ye That Love The Lord that begins with:

Come, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dedeefef gbgbehgh aiaiaded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 111101 10010101 110101 110101 110111 110001001 111101 011111 110101 11010101 110101 010101 110111 1011010010 010101 111101 110101 10010001 110100 110111 010101 01010101 110101 010111 101001 01011101 011111 111101 1100101 111011001 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.

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

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