This is an analysis of the poem An Ode Of The Birth Of Our Saviour that begins with:

In numbers, and but these few,
I sing thy birth, oh JESU!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaabba cXXcdcbd XceedefdXeeaafaaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111 1111110 1101011 0100011 1111011 1111 0101 1101111 0101010 0101010 0101010 0100110 1101010 1101 1101 1101010 110111 0101010 1101011 1111011 0111010 1111 0100 1101010 0110011 1101011 0100011 0111011 1111110 0101 1111 0110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; for, thy, of are repeated.

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

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

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