This is an analysis of the poem Hymn For The Fair At Chicago that begins with:

O GOD! in danger's darkest hour,
In battle's deadliest field,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef bgbg hchX bibiXfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 0101001 111011010 110111 11110101 110111 11010111 010101 11110111 010111 11011101 110101 110001001 010111 01010101 010101 11010101 101101 11010101 010101 11110101 110111 11111111 101101 11010111 111101 110010101 110101
  • 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; for is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, the, no, for are repeated.

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