This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Xxv: Stupendous Love Of God Most High! that begins with:

Stupendous love of God most high!
He comes to meet us from the sky... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbX aacbbc XXdeef XXagga hhaaaa dfciic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11011001 010100 1010001 11010101 10111010 100010011 01111101 110101 10010111 10011100 111101 10010100 10010101 0101010 01110111 11010101 111111 01010101 011100100 101101 01110101 11111101 110101 11010011 11110100 0100101 01111111 11110101 101101 101101010 11001101 0100111 11010111 11110101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; of, my, and are repeated.

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

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