This is an analysis of the poem Since Thou Hast Given Me This Good Hope, O God that begins with:

SINCE thou hast given me this good hope, O God,
That while my footsteps tread the flowery sod... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaccdecdedada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11110100111 11111101001 10111001111 1101010111 0101110111 1111110101 11010101 11111011 0001011001 1111110101 1111010101 1111111111 1111101100 1101110011 0111110111 1011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 684
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, me, my, of are repeated.

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

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