This is an analysis of the poem Hope For Him that begins with:

O friend! hope for Him whilst you live, know whilst you live,
understand whilst you live: for in life deliverance abides....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcXXbXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111111111 101111101010001 0110110110110 010001 0011101101111001 010110010 010111011 01111101001001 0111011110010 10011011111001 1 11100100011111010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; whilst, you, live, have, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Hope For Him;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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