This is an analysis of the poem How Are Thy Servants Blest, O Lord! that begins with:

How are Thy servants blest, O Lord!
How sure is their defense! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe dfaf agdg Xdcd Xgcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 110101 01010011 110100 01011101 010111 11011101 110101 11010101 110101 11111100 110001 01010101 0100010 01111101 110101 01111111 110111 10010001 111111 01010111 110101 11111101 110111 11111001 010110 11111011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; their, thy, our are repeated.

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

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