This is an analysis of the poem To The Name Above Every Name, The Name Of Jesus that begins with:

I sing the Name which None can say
But touch’t with An interiour Ray: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeddaaeeaafaaXXggffddXXdbbhhbibiajaeekeealiigghfhXmeennccffddeeccnXXcXXmmooeejjddeebXhhpeeXXcXggdjdjggqffqddhhddboobkXaaccnaanccggXoaaXXkXqqaaeedcdjjXccgaaXbbXoXolaaXXoohhXlammocXofefedhhdaaoojjaaaaaXacccppcXedeedecchaahggccdalgaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 239,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 11011001 01011110 111100001 01011111 10111101 01110111 10001001 0101011101 1001010101 1111100101 0001011111 0111010110 1111111001 0111 1011 1101111111 10110101101 1111 0101011 1101011101 1011110001 1011010100 110111 010101 1111 1110111111 1101 1101010011 0101010101 110100110110 1101 01011101 0101010101 11010001 11001 0111001 11010011 110101 110101 11011101 011011100 001001 1110111111 1101110111 1111 1100111 11001001 10011101 0001011100 111101 101101 110100011011 10010101011 1001 0111011111 1001 1100 1011 1101 11010111001 1111000111 1111010111 11111101 01011101 1101 011111011111 1101 1011 1111 00010001101 1101001 110001010111 11111101011 11010100101 1001010 11110101010001 10011011 100001110 111101 11111111 1111 110111 110001 110101000101 11110101 11000101 1111 111111 110011 0001011001 1001101 111 010111000101 1001011101 1100010 10011 1101111001 111101110 01111 01011011010 110011010010 11011101 110101111 110101 0100100001001 0101010101 00110101 111101101 011100111001 10101101 1011 0101 11010101 1101100101 1001001 101101001 110111 111101001101 1111010101 01011101 0101 1111 11110001 11011011 1111111 01110001 1011101 110101 11110100101 1101001 1100 11011 10111 001010111 1101 11110101 100101101 110111010 0101010 1101 11010001 11110101010 10110101010 110101001001 110100111 0101 01011011 11111111 11111101 1101010101 01000101011 1100111010 1111 1111011010 0001 1111 11110101 1101010101 1111010101 1001111 101 0111010101 0101110 11010 100101001010 110111010 1001111011 0101 111101101 1101100100 0111111101 11010111 11100100 10110 1100010011 1100011 1101 110101 011110000 1101110100 1101111101 11011100 01011001 01010101 100111010 11101000 01111101 11001111 010111010 11010101 010111010 1011101 0010 1010 1110001 1100101100 11110101101 10110111001 0101010101 0111010101 1101110101 11110101111 10010111011 01001101111 110111101011 100111 11011011 110111 11110011001 1011010101 101101010 1100010 101010 011111010 10110111010 111101001010 01010011001 011101010 110111110 110101101 01011111010 0101011001 0111111111 1111011 111011 11011 10101101 011011 110111 1111110101 011101 0110010101 1011110111 110101001011100 11111011 01011 11010101 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 8395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1544
  • Amount of lines: 239
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; our, of, and, or, it, them, to are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, thee, them are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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