This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To Horus that begins with:

Hail, God revived in glory!
The night is over and done; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab Xcddc efeef ghggh dXddX Xbiib ddedd ghgghXdhddh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 0101011 11010110 1101010 100101 0101100 010001 0110010 1001010 011111 1101010 10101001 0101011 1001010 110001 1100010 010101 1101110 0101010 011101 0101010 011101 0101010 1101110 110100 1101110 100101 0100010 11110010 100101 0101010 110101 1101010 1101110 011101 1101110 1001001 0110010 0101110 111101 1111010 110001 1011010 1011010 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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; of, with are repeated.

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

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