This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Xxi: Ye Simple Souls That Stray that begins with:

Ye simple souls that stray
Far from the path of peace,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd Xeaecaca fgfghghg XXXXcXcf fgfbbdgd hihieiei
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 100101 11010001 011100 101101 110101 11010001 110101 101100 111101 11011011 1100011 110101 011111 110010011 110001 110101 011101 11010011 011111 110101 110101 11110111 111111 10100 010111 11010001 0111100 010101 0101110 11110011 010101 101101 110111 10110111 010101 1011001 111101 11011100 110011 011101 100101 111101001 110001 110101 010111 11010011 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; and, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, our are repeated.

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